Kōji Fujiyama

Kōji Fujiyama was a Japanese actor known for his work with Daiei and Toei Studios in the 1960s and 70s. He is best known for his appearances in the Gamera series, as well as in various horror, yakuza, and samurai films.

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Gamera, the Giant Monster (1965)

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Noriaki Yuasa
CAST:  Eiji Funakoshi  •  Harumi Kiritachi  •  Yoshirō Uchida  •  Michiko Sugata

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Noriaki Yuasa
CAST:  Eiji Funakoshi  •  Harumi Kiritachi  •  Yoshirō Uchida  •  Michiko Sugata

Gamera vs. Viras (1968)

As alien invaders plot to conquer the Earth, two Boy Scouts steal a mini-submarine and discover Gamera in their midst. Transported to the alien's spaceship, the Scouts are menaced by the evil inhabitants, including Viras, a squid-like monster that grows to colossal ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Noriaki Yuasa
CAST:  Tôru Takatsuka  •  Carl Craig  •  Peter Williams  •  Genzô Wakayama

As alien invaders plot to conquer the Earth, two Boy Scouts steal a mini-submarine and discover Gamera in their midst. Transported to the alien's spaceship, the Scouts are menaced by the evil inhabitants, including Viras, a squid-like monster that grows to colossal ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Noriaki Yuasa
CAST:  Tôru Takatsuka  •  Carl Craig  •  Peter Williams  •  Genzô Wakayama

Gamera vs. Zigra (1971)

A moon base is destroyed by a spaceship from Zigra which is looking to take over the planet earth to use its oceans for its ocean-dwelling denizens. Gamera must once again come to the aid of the human race while all of Japan roots him on.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Noriaki Yuasa
CAST:  Kōji Fujiyama  •  Reiko Kasahara  •  Isamu Saeki  •  Yasushi Sakagami

A moon base is destroyed by a spaceship from Zigra which is looking to take over the planet earth to use its oceans for its ocean-dwelling denizens. Gamera must once again come to the aid of the human race while all of Japan roots him on.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Noriaki Yuasa
CAST:  Kōji Fujiyama  •  Reiko Kasahara  •  Isamu Saeki  •  Yasushi Sakagami

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons (1973)

In the fifth film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, Ogami Itto is challenged by five warriors, each has one fifth of Ogami's assassin fee and one fifth of the information he needs to complete his assassination.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenji Misumi
CAST:  Tomisaburō Wakayama  •  Michiyo Yasuda  •  Akihiro Tomikawa  •  Shingo Yamashiro

In the fifth film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, Ogami Itto is challenged by five warriors, each has one fifth of Ogami's assassin fee and one fifth of the information he needs to complete his assassination.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenji Misumi
CAST:  Tomisaburō Wakayama  •  Michiyo Yasuda  •  Akihiro Tomikawa  •  Shingo Yamashiro

Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance (1972)

In this first film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, adapted from the manga by Kazuo Koike, we are told the story of the Lone Wolf and Cub's origin. Ogami Itto, the official Shogunate executioner, has been framed for disloyalty to the Shogunate by the Yagyu clan, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenji Misumi
CAST:  Tomisaburō Wakayama  •  Fumio Watanabe  •  Shigeru Tsuyuguchi  •  Tomoko Mayama

In this first film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, adapted from the manga by Kazuo Koike, we are told the story of the Lone Wolf and Cub's origin. Ogami Itto, the official Shogunate executioner, has been framed for disloyalty to the Shogunate by the Yagyu clan, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenji Misumi
CAST:  Tomisaburō Wakayama  •  Fumio Watanabe  •  Shigeru Tsuyuguchi  •  Tomoko Mayama

Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell (1974)

In the sixth and final film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, the final conflict between Ogami Itto and the Yagyu clan is carried out.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshiyuki Kuroda
CAST:  Tomisaburō Wakayama  •  Akihiro Tomikawa  •  Junko Hitomi  •  Gorō Mutsumi

In the sixth and final film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, the final conflict between Ogami Itto and the Yagyu clan is carried out.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshiyuki Kuroda
CAST:  Tomisaburō Wakayama  •  Akihiro Tomikawa  •  Junko Hitomi  •  Gorō Mutsumi

Gamera vs. Barugon (1966)

Gamera escapes from his rocket enclosure and makes his way back to Earth as a giant opal from New Guinea is brought back to Japan. The opal is discovered to have been an egg that births a new monster called Barugon. The creature attacks the city of Osaka by ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shigeo Tanaka
CAST:  Kōjirō Hongō  •  Kyōko Enami  •  Yūzō Hayakawa  •  Takuya Fujioka

Gamera escapes from his rocket enclosure and makes his way back to Earth as a giant opal from New Guinea is brought back to Japan. The opal is discovered to have been an egg that births a new monster called Barugon. The creature attacks the city of Osaka by ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shigeo Tanaka
CAST:  Kōjirō Hongō  •  Kyōko Enami  •  Yūzō Hayakawa  •  Takuya Fujioka

Return of Daimajin (1966)

The tyrannical Lord Danjo Mikoshiba covets the rich, fertile lands surrounding Lake Yakumo. During a memorial ceremony for the late Chigusa lord, Mikoshiba launches an attack, overthrowing the honorable Lord Juro. Just when all seems lost, Daimajin rises from Lake ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenji Misumi
CAST:  Kōjirō Hongō  •  Shiho Fujimura  •  Taro Marui  •  Takashi Kanda

The tyrannical Lord Danjo Mikoshiba covets the rich, fertile lands surrounding Lake Yakumo. During a memorial ceremony for the late Chigusa lord, Mikoshiba launches an attack, overthrowing the honorable Lord Juro. Just when all seems lost, Daimajin rises from Lake ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenji Misumi
CAST:  Kōjirō Hongō  •  Shiho Fujimura  •  Taro Marui  •  Takashi Kanda

Zatoichi's Revenge (1965)

Itinerant masseur and master swordsman, the blind Zatoichi, is near the village of his teacher, Hikonoichi, so he decides to visit. He learns of Hikonoichi's recent robbery and murder and the imprisonment of his virginal daughter, Osayo, in a brothel. Through ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akira Inoue
CAST:  Shintarō Katsu  •  Norihei Miki  •  Mikiko Tsubouchi  •  Takeshi Katō

Itinerant masseur and master swordsman, the blind Zatoichi, is near the village of his teacher, Hikonoichi, so he decides to visit. He learns of Hikonoichi's recent robbery and murder and the imprisonment of his virginal daughter, Osayo, in a brothel. Through ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akira Inoue
CAST:  Shintarō Katsu  •  Norihei Miki  •  Mikiko Tsubouchi  •  Takeshi Katō

New Prison Walls of Abashiri (1968)

Former soldier, Suehiro Katsuji, fights violent gangs and powerful Chinese merchants during the post-war period in Japan.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masahiro Makino
CAST:  Ken Takakura  •  Tatsuya Mihashi  •  Michitarō Mizushima  •  Hiroyuki Nagato

Former soldier, Suehiro Katsuji, fights violent gangs and powerful Chinese merchants during the post-war period in Japan.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masahiro Makino
CAST:  Ken Takakura  •  Tatsuya Mihashi  •  Michitarō Mizushima  •  Hiroyuki Nagato

Sister Street Fighter: Hanging by a Thread (1974)

Koryu heads to Yokohama in search of a woman named Birei, kidnapped by diamond smugglers who move their hot rocks by surgically implanting them into the nubile buttocks of Chinese prostitutes. Koryu's older sister, working as a jewelry designer, is secretly, if ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kazuhiko Yamaguchi
CAST:  Etsuko Shihomi  •  Tamayo Mitsukawa  •  Michiyo Bandô  •  Hisayo Tanaka

Koryu heads to Yokohama in search of a woman named Birei, kidnapped by diamond smugglers who move their hot rocks by surgically implanting them into the nubile buttocks of Chinese prostitutes. Koryu's older sister, working as a jewelry designer, is secretly, if ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kazuhiko Yamaguchi
CAST:  Etsuko Shihomi  •  Tamayo Mitsukawa  •  Michiyo Bandô  •  Hisayo Tanaka

Street Mobster (1972)

After serving time, a defiant street thug is incensed to find his town overrun by two yakuza factions. He gathers his crew and takes them on.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kinji Fukasaku
CAST:  Bunta Sugawara  •  Noboru Andō  •  Mayumi Nagisa  •  Asao Koike

After serving time, a defiant street thug is incensed to find his town overrun by two yakuza factions. He gathers his crew and takes them on.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kinji Fukasaku
CAST:  Bunta Sugawara  •  Noboru Andō  •  Mayumi Nagisa  •  Asao Koike

Fight, Zatoichi, Fight (1964)

Blind swordsman/masseuse Zatoichi befriends a young woman returning home with her baby. When gangsters mistake her for Zatoichi and kill her, Zatoichi determines to escort the baby to its father. He gains the reluctant help of a young pick pocket and together they ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenji Misumi
CAST:  Shintarō Katsu  •  Nobuo Kaneko  •  Gen Kimura  •  Ikuko Mōri

Blind swordsman/masseuse Zatoichi befriends a young woman returning home with her baby. When gangsters mistake her for Zatoichi and kill her, Zatoichi determines to escort the baby to its father. He gains the reluctant help of a young pick pocket and together they ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenji Misumi
CAST:  Shintarō Katsu  •  Nobuo Kaneko  •  Gen Kimura  •  Ikuko Mōri

Zatoichi Challenged (1967)

Ichi is staying at an inn when a woman dies. Her dying wish is that Ichi take her son to his father, an artist living in a nearby town. After arriving in the town, Ichi finds out that the father has been forced by a local boss to create illegal pornography to pay ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenji Misumi
CAST:  Shintarō Katsu  •  Jūshirō Konoe  •  Miwa Takada  •  Yukiji Asaoka

Ichi is staying at an inn when a woman dies. Her dying wish is that Ichi take her son to his father, an artist living in a nearby town. After arriving in the town, Ichi finds out that the father has been forced by a local boss to create illegal pornography to pay ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenji Misumi
CAST:  Shintarō Katsu  •  Jūshirō Konoe  •  Miwa Takada  •  Yukiji Asaoka

Hoodlum Soldier (1965)

A young intellectual conscientious objector is forced to serve with the Japanese army in Manchuria. He joins with a dim-witted former gangster in an effort to desert by stealing a train.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yasuzō Masumura
CAST:  Shintarō Katsu  •  Takahiro Tamura  •  Eiko Taki  •  Mikio Narita

A young intellectual conscientious objector is forced to serve with the Japanese army in Manchuria. He joins with a dim-witted former gangster in an effort to desert by stealing a train.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yasuzō Masumura
CAST:  Shintarō Katsu  •  Takahiro Tamura  •  Eiko Taki  •  Mikio Narita

Zero Woman: Red Handcuffs (1974)

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. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yukio Noda
CAST:  Miki Sugimoto  •  Eiji Gō  •  Tetsurō Tamba  •  Hideo Murota

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. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yukio Noda
CAST:  Miki Sugimoto  •  Eiji Gō  •  Tetsurō Tamba  •  Hideo Murota

Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable (1973)

Following her successful prison break, Scorpion begins this third episode in the series hiding out in a brothel. Her prostitute friend tries to keep her identity secret, but the brothel's madam discovers that Scorpion is the ex-girlfriend of the vice officer who ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shunya Ito
CAST:  Meiko Kaji  •  Mikio Narita  •  Reisen Ri  •  Yayoi Watanabe

Following her successful prison break, Scorpion begins this third episode in the series hiding out in a brothel. Her prostitute friend tries to keep her identity secret, but the brothel's madam discovers that Scorpion is the ex-girlfriend of the vice officer who ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shunya Ito
CAST:  Meiko Kaji  •  Mikio Narita  •  Reisen Ri  •  Yayoi Watanabe

Graveyard of Honor (1975)

A look at the life of renegade yakuza, Rikio Ishikawa, particularly the years from 1946 to 1950 when his violent antics get him in trouble with his own clan, Kawada, and then with the clan of his protector, Kozaburo Imai. In these years, he can rely on Chieko, a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kinji Fukasaku
CAST:  Tetsuya Watari  •  Tatsuo Umemiya  •  Yumi Takigawa  •  Eiji Gō

A look at the life of renegade yakuza, Rikio Ishikawa, particularly the years from 1946 to 1950 when his violent antics get him in trouble with his own clan, Kawada, and then with the clan of his protector, Kozaburo Imai. In these years, he can rely on Chieko, a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kinji Fukasaku
CAST:  Tetsuya Watari  •  Tatsuo Umemiya  •  Yumi Takigawa  •  Eiji Gō

Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers (1972)

The great Bunta stars as a gangster who is sent to jail for the sake of his gang, but when he’s released he finds everything completely changed and his gang has swept him aside for being too violent. He tries to start a new life with his two ”brothers” but can’t ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kinji Fukasaku
CAST:  Bunta Sugawara  •  Kunie Tanaka  •  Mayumi Nagisa  •  Yōko Mihara

The great Bunta stars as a gangster who is sent to jail for the sake of his gang, but when he’s released he finds everything completely changed and his gang has swept him aside for being too violent. He tries to start a new life with his two ”brothers” but can’t ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kinji Fukasaku
CAST:  Bunta Sugawara  •  Kunie Tanaka  •  Mayumi Nagisa  •  Yōko Mihara

Truck Rascals II: Ichibanboshi Runs Wild (1975)

The comical adventures of two long-distance truck drivers, Momojiro and Kinzo, continue. Momojiro and Eizo help bring home the father of two young children in time to celebrate New Year’s together.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norifumi Suzuki
CAST:  Bunta Sugawara  •  Kin'ya Aikawa  •  Masumi Harukawa  •  Shizue Abe

The comical adventures of two long-distance truck drivers, Momojiro and Kinzo, continue. Momojiro and Eizo help bring home the father of two young children in time to celebrate New Year’s together.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norifumi Suzuki
CAST:  Bunta Sugawara  •  Kin'ya Aikawa  •  Masumi Harukawa  •  Shizue Abe
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