Toru Shinohara

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Toru Shinohara

Born April 28, 1936 · Niihama, Ehime, Japan (age 90)

Shinohara Tooru was born in Niihama, Ehime. After graduating from high school on March 1955, he started working at a factory in Osaka making car parts but quit after only ten months. He studied manga via a mail-offered course and wrote to various manga magazines. In 1958 came his first commercially printed work Fukumenhakushi (覆面博士) and he began his career as a manga artist. He is best known for …

Known For

Zero Woman 2Zero Woman 2 · 1995
Zero Woman 2
★ 5.01995
MovieActionThriller
When a valuable suitcase is stolen, the mob, petty criminals, and a beautiful agent from the Elite Zero division are pulled into a battle to settle the score.
Zero Woman: Red HandcuffsZero Woman: Red Handcuffs · 1974
Zero Woman: Red Handcuffs
★ 6.41974
MovieThrillerAction
Agent Zero is a cop that uses her own methods for dealing with criminals. After she unlawfully kills a rapist in a violent fashion, she is sent to prison and stripped of her badge. But very soon after, a rich politician's daughter is kidnapped by a ruthless gang. Agent Zero is let out of prison with the mission of going undercover to find the politician's daughter and return her safely. Using her deadly red handcuffs, she disposes of the criminals one by one.
Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 · 1972
Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41
★ 7.11972
MovieActionDrama
After being used and betrayed by the detective she had fallen in love with, young Matsu is sent to a female prison full of sadistic guards and disobedient prisoners.
Female Prisoner #701: ScorpionFemale Prisoner #701: Scorpion · 1972
Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion
★ 7.11972
MovieActionDrama
After being cruelly set up and deceived by Sugimi, a detective in cahoots with the mob with whom she was whole-heartedly in love, Matsushima’s desire for revenge knows no bounds.
Zero Woman RZero Woman R · 2007
Zero Woman R
★ 6.42007
MovieDramaAction
A mysterious female spy is recruited to infiltrate the Japanese underworld and gather evidence for a clandestine secretive branch of the Tokyo Police Department.
Zero Woman: Assassin LoversZero Woman: Assassin Lovers · 1996
Zero Woman: Assassin Lovers
★ 4.51996
MovieActionThriller
A special agent of the Tokyo Police has been given the assignment of assassinating a group of crime bosses. Soon afterwards, she encounters the hitman the crime bosses have sent to kill her. After talking together, they discover that they are equally reluctant to carry out their assignments. They are pushed onward by their respective bosses, however, until they must both decide where their loyalties truly lie.
Female Prisoner Scorpion: #701's Grudge SongFemale Prisoner Scorpion: #701's Grudge Song · 1973
Female Prisoner Scorpion: #701's Grudge Song
★ 6.11973
MovieDramaAction
Nami is once again on the run from the law but is saved by an old classmate who works at a strip club. Through a subsequent conversation they discover they both have a score to settle with a particular crooked cop. However, Nami has doubts about ever trusting a man.
Zero Woman: Final MissionZero Woman: Final Mission · 1995
Zero Woman: Final Mission
★ 5.21995
MovieDramaAction
A famous businessman's links with organized crime are looked into by the Zero Division of the Tokyo Police, with the investigation being headed by a highly trained, extremely violent and very beautiful female officer. When not having shoot-outs with the crime syndicate thugs trying to kill her, she spends most of her time in her apartment, wearing lingerie and taking showers. A sub-plot involves the businessman's S&M-obsessed daughter.

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Zero Woman 2005Zero Woman 2005 · 2004
Zero Woman 2005
★ 5.52004
MovieThrillerAction
The Metropolitan Police Department '0'section, known as an organization in the police department that investigates a closed case. Well-trained detective in the '0' section, Rei, is looking for her memory that was lost during the training, while also investigating a human traffic which young woman being a victim. One day, classified killer virus was seized by rising terrorists. To investigate this case, public safety sent Sarah Kodama who specializes in molecular biology and computer, to work with Rei but Rei refuses to work with Sarah. Sarah was curious about mysterious Rei, so she starts to collect Rei's information and goes to see Rei's former boss, Asami. However, the man who appeared in front of Sarah was an assassinator who contemplates destruction of '0' section. What happens to Sarah...!? What is in Rei's lost memories!?

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