Acting

Eiji Funakoshi

Born March 17, 1923 · Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

Died March 17, 2007 · aged 84

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Eiji Funakoshi ( 17 March 1923 - 17 March 2007) was a Japanese actor. He received the Kinema Junpo Awards for Best Actor and the Mainichi Film Concours for Best Actor for his performance in Fires on the Plain. Description above from the Wikipedia article Eiji Funakoshi , licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Chūzaisho nikki

Chūzaisho nikki · 1957

Chūzaisho nikki

Tsuma koso waga inochi

Tsuma koso waga inochi · 1957

Tsuma koso waga inochi

This story depicts the struggles of a man living in the cutthroat world of competition and the pure love of his wife.

Spark

A heartbroken beauty has slipped into the ranks of the "Golden Horse" circus troupe. The circus's two star performers, vying for her affection, face off on a perilous trapeze, staking their love and friendship on the outcome.

Yoru wa usotsuki

Yoru wa usotsuki · 1960

Yoru wa usotsuki

A small restaurant tucked away in the back of Ginza is run by Keiko, the owner’s daughter. Writers, club owners, corporate executives, and others are drawn to her charm.

Ma no hanayome ishō

Ma no hanayome ishō · 1956

Ma no hanayome ishō

An ominous skull at a wedding venue; a series of chilling, mysterious incidents befalling a wealthy man whose heads of the family have gone missing on their wedding nights; and a mysterious white-haired demon driven mad by revenge!

Gamera, the Giant Monster

Gamera, the Giant Monster · 1965

Gamera, the Giant Monster

MovieActionHorror

A nuclear explosion in the far north unleashes Gamera, the legendary flying turtle, from his sleep under the ice. In his search for energy, Gamera wreaks havoc over the entire world, and it's up to the scientists, assisted by a young boy with a strange sympathic link to the monster, to put a stop to Gamera's rampage.

The Moon Over the Ruined Castle

The Moon Over the Ruined Castle · 1954

The Moon Over the Ruined Castle

MovieDramaRomance

Konna okusama mita koto nai

Konna okusama mita koto nai · 1954

Konna okusama mita koto nai

Filmography

Sort

Chūzaisho nikki

Chūzaisho nikki · 1957

Chūzaisho nikki

Tsuma koso waga inochi

Tsuma koso waga inochi · 1957

Tsuma koso waga inochi

This story depicts the struggles of a man living in the cutthroat world of competition and the pure love of his wife.

Spark

A heartbroken beauty has slipped into the ranks of the "Golden Horse" circus troupe. The circus's two star performers, vying for her affection, face off on a perilous trapeze, staking their love and friendship on the outcome.

Yoru wa usotsuki

Yoru wa usotsuki · 1960

Yoru wa usotsuki

A small restaurant tucked away in the back of Ginza is run by Keiko, the owner’s daughter. Writers, club owners, corporate executives, and others are drawn to her charm.

Ma no hanayome ishō

Ma no hanayome ishō · 1956

Ma no hanayome ishō

An ominous skull at a wedding venue; a series of chilling, mysterious incidents befalling a wealthy man whose heads of the family have gone missing on their wedding nights; and a mysterious white-haired demon driven mad by revenge!

Gamera, the Giant Monster

Gamera, the Giant Monster · 1965

Gamera, the Giant Monster

MovieActionHorror

A nuclear explosion in the far north unleashes Gamera, the legendary flying turtle, from his sleep under the ice. In his search for energy, Gamera wreaks havoc over the entire world, and it's up to the scientists, assisted by a young boy with a strange sympathic link to the monster, to put a stop to Gamera's rampage.

Dr. Hidaka

The Moon Over the Ruined Castle

The Moon Over the Ruined Castle · 1954

The Moon Over the Ruined Castle

MovieDramaRomance

Konna okusama mita koto nai

Konna okusama mita koto nai · 1954

Konna okusama mita koto nai

Koi no yakyūken: Kōiu guai ni shiyashi yanse

Koi no yakyūken: Kōiu guai ni shiyashi yanse · 1955

Koi no yakyūken: Kōiu guai ni shiyashi yanse

The Legendary Hell

The Legendary Hell · 1960

The Legendary Hell

Naminosuke

Asakusa Lights

Asakusa Lights · 1956

A passionate singer who’s rough around the edges but has a warm heart; a kind-hearted, impoverished painter who devotes himself wholeheartedly; and a beautiful opera singer loved by both of them—the joys and sorrows of Asakusa during the golden age of opera.

Horeruna Yanpachi

Horeruna Yanpachi · 1956

Horeruna Yanpachi

Kanojo no tokudane

Kanojo no tokudane · 1952

Kanojo no tokudane

Haru no uzumaki

Haru no uzumaki · 1954

Haru no uzumaki

A beautiful dancer who lost her mother and was raised abroad searches for her long-lost father in the homeland she has always longed for.

Fires on the Plain

Fires on the Plain · 1959

Fires on the Plain

In the closing days of WWII, a Japanese soldier afflicted with tuberculosis is abandoned by his company and left to wander the Philippine island of Leyte.

Tamura

Naki warai jigoku gokuraku

Naki warai jigoku gokuraku · 1955

Naki warai jigoku gokuraku

A rakugo storyteller who makes people laugh falls in love with his master’s daughter.

Blind Beast

Blind Beast · 1969

MovieThrillerHorror

A blind sculptor kidnaps an artists' model and imprisons her in his warehouse studio – a shadowland of perverse monuments to the female form. Here a deranged passion play of sensual and sexual obsession is acted out in world where sight is replaced by touch.

Michio

Manji

The four principals in a love affair collide when jealousy, blackmail and suicide enter the picture.

Kotaro Kakiuchi

A Girl Who Delivers Happiness

A Girl Who Delivers Happiness · 1955

A Girl Who Delivers Happiness

Hahabue kobue

Hahabue kobue · 1955

Taki dedicated her life to her daughter Miyoko, but they were separated by Taki's parents-in-law. Many years later, they reunite in a party, but Taki falls gravely ill with a long disease. During those years, Miyoki studies Medicine and will be finally able to help her mother.

Hanayome no tameiki

Hanayome no tameiki · 1956

Hanayome no tameiki

Konna bidanshi mita kotonai

Konna bidanshi mita kotonai · 1954

Konna bidanshi mita kotonai

New Enoshima Elegy

New Enoshima Elegy · 1953

New Enoshima Elegy

Ôsaka no onna

Ôsaka no onna · 1958

In the ruins of postwar Osaka, performers and drifters gather in a rundown tenement known as "Geinin Mura." Osen, a kind-hearted seamstress, supports her eccentric former-comedian father while carrying the memory of a lost love, Sо̂ji. After a misunderstanding separates them, she marries the cheerful performer Yonetaro, only for tragedy to strike soon after.

Yonetaro Mikami

Kumo no Jutan

Kumo no Jutan · 1976

The 17th NHK Asadora. Starring Youko Asaji as a woman who wants to become a pilot.

白川義信

Romansu

Romansu · 1984

The 32nd NHK Asadora. Starring Takaaki Enoki as a young man who becomes a film director. The first Asadora with a male lead since 1967.

真之助の父・香木真太郎

時間ですよ

時間ですよ · 1970

時間ですよ

松野祥造

Netchū Jidai

Netchū Jidai · 1978

SeriesKidsDrama

This light-hearted comedy tells the story of a young man who chooses to become a teacher and struggles to live and grow in the field of education.

Hito wa sore wo scandal to iu

Hito wa sore wo scandal to iu · 1978

Hito wa sore wo scandal to iu

Onodera

Secret Magistrate Asahina

Secret Magistrate Asahina · 1998

Secret Magistrate Asahina

Ometsuke Asahina Kawachinokami Masakiyo - holds the position of inspector overseeing the daimyo on behalf of the shogun and the council of elders. When signs of rebellion appear in various areas across Japan, while receiving a secret order from Elder Tsuchiya Sagaminokami, Asahina hides her identity and heads to the area as a secret magistrate and crushes the evil that is plaguing the world with her ruthless hand.