Joe Yamanaka

Acting

Joe Yamanaka

Born September 2, 1946 · Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Died August 7, 2011 · aged 64

Japanese singer and actor. Best known as the Flower Travellin' Band singer.

Known For

Door II: Tokyo DiaryDoor II: Tokyo Diary · 1991
Door II: Tokyo Diary
6.21991
MovieDramaThriller
Ai is a call girl that makes good money for what she does but there’s always at risk no matter how good the money is.
Tomorrow's Joe 2: The MovieTomorrow's Joe 2: The Movie · 1981
Tomorrow's Joe 2: The Movie
7.71981
MovieActionAnimation
It has been six months since the tragic accident in Joe and Rikiishi's fight. Joe believes he has overcome Rikiishi's death and decides to make a comeback. Joe does make a successful comeback by scoring 5 KO's by body blows. Joe is then given a shot at the national title as a means by the boxing commission to put him down. The champion, Tiger Ozaki makes use of Joe's habits and ends up making Joe's corner throw in the towel. Joe is afraid to throw punches at the face because of what happened to Rikiishi. Youko, Joe's love interest and the owner of the gym where Rikiishi trained at recruits a world ranked boxer from Venezuela, Carlos Rivera, to get Joe back on his feet and pursue his boxing career to the regional and world ranks.
IzoIzo · 2004
Izo
6.02004
MovieActionDrama
Izo is an assassin in the service of a Tosa lord and Imperial supporter. After killing dozens of the Shogun's men, Izo is captured and crucified. Instead of being extinguished, his rage propels him through the space-time continuum to present-day Tokyo. Here Izo transforms himself into a new, improved killing machine.
Zatoichi: Darkness Is His AllyZatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally · 1989
Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally
6.51989
MovieActionDrama
Older, wiser but still a wandering loner, the blind, peace-loving masseur Ichi seeks a peaceful life in a rural village. When he's caught in the middle of a power struggle between two rival Yakuza clans, his reputation as a deadly defender of the innocent is put to the ultimate test in a series of sword-slashing showdowns.
Proof of the ManProof of the Man · 1977
Proof of the Man
7.81977
MovieDramaCrime
When an American is murdered in a Japanese inn, Tokyo police detective Munesue follows the trail of the killer to New York. There he is joined by a New York City detective named Shuftan and together they sort out the crime.
Deadly Outlaw: RekkaDeadly Outlaw: Rekka · 2002
Deadly Outlaw: Rekka
6.62002
MovieActionDrama
After Kunisada's Yakuza leader and father figure is brutally murdered, he and his best friend go on a two-man mission to avenge his death, killing other Yakuza leaders leading to a final confrontation by the old man's killers.
前科・仮釈放前科・仮釈放 · 1969
前科・仮釈放
1969
MovieAction
The Night of Martial LawThe Night of Martial Law · 1980
The Night of Martial Law
1980
Movie

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Tomorrow's Joe 2: The MovieTomorrow's Joe 2: The Movie · 1981
Tomorrow's Joe 2: The Movie
7.71981
MovieActionAnimation
It has been six months since the tragic accident in Joe and Rikiishi's fight. Joe believes he has overcome Rikiishi's death and decides to make a comeback. Joe does make a successful comeback by scoring 5 KO's by body blows. Joe is then given a shot at the national title as a means by the boxing commission to put him down. The champion, Tiger Ozaki makes use of Joe's habits and ends up making Joe's corner throw in the towel. Joe is afraid to throw punches at the face because of what happened to Rikiishi. Youko, Joe's love interest and the owner of the gym where Rikiishi trained at recruits a world ranked boxer from Venezuela, Carlos Rivera, to get Joe back on his feet and pursue his boxing career to the regional and world ranks.

Carlos Rivera (voice)

0 & 10 & 1 · 2002
0 & 1
2002
MovieDramaCrime
A girl called Zero stands in a crowded street, her occupation an assassin. As she completes her tasks one after another, Zero has been feeling uneasy lately. As her code name suggests, she has nothing to prove her existence. She overlaps herself with the vanishing landscape and begins to wander in search of the meaning of her own existence. At the same time, a young man named One is also wandering the streets, and like Zero, he is an assassin. Surrounded by a sense of emptiness, he is unable to find the value of his own existence. One day, the two of them meet as if they were led together. They sense each other, and by touching each other, they regain their existence and humanity. However, the organization feels that contact between assassins is dangerous, and decides to dispose of them. They call in a highly skilled assassin. Their battle for their own existence begins now!