Yoshio Tsuchiya

Yoshio Tsuchiya (土屋 嘉男 Tsuchiya Yoshio, May 18, 1927 – February 8, 2017) was a Japanese actor known for his frequent appearances in Akira Kurosawa's Samurai films as well as Ishiro Honda's science fiction films.

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I Saw the Killer (1956)

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DIRECTION:  Hideo Suzuki
CAST:  Isao Kimura  •  Keiko Tsushima  •  Takashi Shimura  •  Sonosuke Sawamura

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DIRECTION:  Hideo Suzuki
CAST:  Isao Kimura  •  Keiko Tsushima  •  Takashi Shimura  •  Sonosuke Sawamura

A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2 (1957)

An Ishiro Honda film. The second part of A Rainbow Plays in My Heart released the same day as the first film.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ishirō Honda
CAST:  Akira Takarada  •  Momoko Kôchi  •  Ken Uehara  •  Tatsuyoshi Ehara

An Ishiro Honda film. The second part of A Rainbow Plays in My Heart released the same day as the first film.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ishirō Honda
CAST:  Akira Takarada  •  Momoko Kôchi  •  Ken Uehara  •  Tatsuyoshi Ehara

Song for a Bride (1958)

An Ishiro Honda film.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ishirō Honda
CAST:  Mitsuko Kusabue  •  Akemi Negishi  •  Reiko Dan  •  Kenji Sahara

An Ishiro Honda film.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ishirō Honda
CAST:  Mitsuko Kusabue  •  Akemi Negishi  •  Reiko Dan  •  Kenji Sahara

The Rickshaw Man (1958)

The story of Muhōmatsu, a rickshaw man who becomes a surrogate father to the child of a recently widowed woman.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroshi Inagaki
CAST:  Toshirō Mifune  •  Hideko Takamine  •  Hiroshi Akutagawa  •  Chōko Iida

The story of Muhōmatsu, a rickshaw man who becomes a surrogate father to the child of a recently widowed woman.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroshi Inagaki
CAST:  Toshirō Mifune  •  Hideko Takamine  •  Hiroshi Akutagawa  •  Chōko Iida

Varan (1958)

When a rare species of butterfly is found in a mysterious valley in Japan, a pair of entomologists go to investigate and find more. They discover Varan, a giant monster, Who decided to leave the valley and head straight for Tokyo.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ishirō Honda
CAST:  Kōzō Nomura  •  Ayumi Sonoda  •  Koreya Senda  •  Akihiko Hirata

When a rare species of butterfly is found in a mysterious valley in Japan, a pair of entomologists go to investigate and find more. They discover Varan, a giant monster, Who decided to leave the valley and head straight for Tokyo.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ishirō Honda
CAST:  Kōzō Nomura  •  Ayumi Sonoda  •  Koreya Senda  •  Akihiko Hirata

A Whistle in My Heart (1959)

The story is about the social problems faced by Japan's indigenous Ainu, mostly centered on the reactions of the characters to their oppressed state.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mikio Naruse
CAST:  Ken Yamauchi  •  Ryoko Koda  •  Masayuki Mori  •  Akira Takarada

The story is about the social problems faced by Japan's indigenous Ainu, mostly centered on the reactions of the characters to their oppressed state.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mikio Naruse
CAST:  Ken Yamauchi  •  Ryoko Koda  •  Masayuki Mori  •  Akira Takarada

Gigantis, the Fire Monster (1959)

The dubbed American release of Godzilla Raids Again. Originally meant to be known as the The Volcano Monsters, the film was eventually released as "Gigantis."  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hugo Grimaldi  •  Motoyoshi Oda
CAST:  Hiroshi Koizumi  •  Setsuko Wakayama  •  Minoru Chiaki  •  Aya Oyama

The dubbed American release of Godzilla Raids Again. Originally meant to be known as the The Volcano Monsters, the film was eventually released as "Gigantis."  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hugo Grimaldi  •  Motoyoshi Oda
CAST:  Hiroshi Koizumi  •  Setsuko Wakayama  •  Minoru Chiaki  •  Aya Oyama

The Boss of Pick-Pocket Bay (1966)

Sangoro Oiwake runs out of money. He visits rice shop, eat and drink for free, and owners send him to prison. In prison Sangoro will have a new life  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Tsuboshima
CAST:  Hitoshi Ueki  •  Kei Tani  •  Hajime Hana  •  Reiko Dan

Sangoro Oiwake runs out of money. He visits rice shop, eat and drink for free, and owners send him to prison. In prison Sangoro will have a new life  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Tsuboshima
CAST:  Hitoshi Ueki  •  Kei Tani  •  Hajime Hana  •  Reiko Dan

Moment of Terror (1966)

When an only child is struck by a car and dies, the child's mother seeks vengeance against the driver in this thrilling drama. The car was driven by the wife of a company president who is having an affair. The woman's husband manages to buy silence about the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mikio Naruse
CAST:  Hideko Takamine  •  Yōko Tsukasa  •  Eitarō Ozawa  •  Daisuke Katō

When an only child is struck by a car and dies, the child's mother seeks vengeance against the driver in this thrilling drama. The car was driven by the wife of a company president who is having an affair. The woman's husband manages to buy silence about the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mikio Naruse
CAST:  Hideko Takamine  •  Yōko Tsukasa  •  Eitarō Ozawa  •  Daisuke Katō

Zero Fighter (1966)

Japanese war movie.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shirō Moritani
CAST:  Yūzō Kayama  •  Makoto Satō  •  Tatsuyoshi Ehara  •  Yoshio Tsuchiya

Japanese war movie.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shirō Moritani
CAST:  Yūzō Kayama  •  Makoto Satō  •  Tatsuyoshi Ehara  •  Yoshio Tsuchiya

Kojiro (1967)

Sasaki Kojiro tells the story of the genius who staked his love, glory, and life on a duel with the supreme master of the sword, Miyamoto Musashi (Tatsuya Nakadai). Oscar winning Hiroshi Inagaki directs this epic motion picture based on Genzo Murakami’s fascinating ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroshi Inagaki
CAST:  Yōko Tsukasa  •  Yuriko Hoshi  •  Keiko Sawai  •  Mayumi Ozora

Sasaki Kojiro tells the story of the genius who staked his love, glory, and life on a duel with the supreme master of the sword, Miyamoto Musashi (Tatsuya Nakadai). Oscar winning Hiroshi Inagaki directs this epic motion picture based on Genzo Murakami’s fascinating ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroshi Inagaki
CAST:  Yōko Tsukasa  •  Yuriko Hoshi  •  Keiko Sawai  •  Mayumi Ozora

Double Suicide at Nishijin (1977)

Yumi, an exceptionally beautiful call girl, has a close call with death when a client forces her to die with him. An old cop pities her and agrees to be her guarantor so that she could join a Nishijin weaver workshop. Yumi wishes to put her dark past behind her, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoichi Takabayashi
CAST:  Yoshie Shimamura  •  Yoshio Tsuchiya  •  Goichi Yamada  •  Akira Nakao

Yumi, an exceptionally beautiful call girl, has a close call with death when a client forces her to die with him. An old cop pities her and agrees to be her guarantor so that she could join a Nishijin weaver workshop. Yumi wishes to put her dark past behind her, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoichi Takabayashi
CAST:  Yoshie Shimamura  •  Yoshio Tsuchiya  •  Goichi Yamada  •  Akira Nakao

A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1 (1957)

An Ishiro Honda film. The first part of A Rainbow Plays in My Heart released the same day as the second film.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ishirō Honda
CAST:  Akira Takarada  •  Momoko Kôchi  •  Ken Uehara  •  Tatsuyoshi Ehara

An Ishiro Honda film. The first part of A Rainbow Plays in My Heart released the same day as the second film.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ishirō Honda
CAST:  Akira Takarada  •  Momoko Kôchi  •  Ken Uehara  •  Tatsuyoshi Ehara

君死に給うことなかれ (1954)

Set at the end of World War II and after Japan's defeat, it is a melodrama about a man and a woman at the mercy of war. Wataru is entrusted by his best friend who has gone off to war with his sister Reiko to marry her, but he is not ready to abandon his love for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Seiji Maruyama
CAST:  Ryō Ikebe  •  Yōko Sugi  •  Takashi Shimura  •  Setsuko Wakayama

Set at the end of World War II and after Japan's defeat, it is a melodrama about a man and a woman at the mercy of war. Wataru is entrusted by his best friend who has gone off to war with his sister Reiko to marry her, but he is not ready to abandon his love for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Seiji Maruyama
CAST:  Ryō Ikebe  •  Yōko Sugi  •  Takashi Shimura  •  Setsuko Wakayama

No Response from Car 33 (1955)

Film directed by Senkichi Taniguchi  (more)

DIRECTION:  Senkichi Taniguchi
CAST:  Ryō Ikebe  •  Yōko Tsukasa  •  Takashi Shimura  •  Akihiko Hirata

Film directed by Senkichi Taniguchi  (more)

DIRECTION:  Senkichi Taniguchi
CAST:  Ryō Ikebe  •  Yōko Tsukasa  •  Takashi Shimura  •  Akihiko Hirata

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DIRECTION:  Minoru Kawasaki
CAST:  Mia Masuda  •  Masaki Kyomoto  •  Daiki Nakamura  •  Daisuke Ban

The Black Fury (1954)

A narcotics investigator for the harbor police, Eiichi Tsuda, is driven by thoughts of vengeance for the overdose death of his brother and the subsequent decline and death of their mother. Tsuda acts viciously and with disdain for legal niceties in his exploration ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toshio Sugie
CAST:  Toshirō Mifune  •  Asami Kuji  •  Machiko Kitagawa  •  Shin Tokudaiji

A narcotics investigator for the harbor police, Eiichi Tsuda, is driven by thoughts of vengeance for the overdose death of his brother and the subsequent decline and death of their mother. Tsuda acts viciously and with disdain for legal niceties in his exploration ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toshio Sugie
CAST:  Toshirō Mifune  •  Asami Kuji  •  Machiko Kitagawa  •  Shin Tokudaiji

Dangai kara no koe (1980)

A couple of sculptors who caused a traffic accident and changed their lives are led to a crime. The lives of the up-and-coming sculptor Sugio Nishikawa and Maiko have changed completely since the traffic accident. Sugio was forced to live in a wheelchair, and the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshiaki Banshō
CAST:  Wakako Sakai  •  Shun Ōide  •  Gorō Ibuki  •  Miyoko Akaza

A couple of sculptors who caused a traffic accident and changed their lives are led to a crime. The lives of the up-and-coming sculptor Sugio Nishikawa and Maiko have changed completely since the traffic accident. Sugio was forced to live in a wheelchair, and the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshiaki Banshō
CAST:  Wakako Sakai  •  Shun Ōide  •  Gorō Ibuki  •  Miyoko Akaza

地方記者 (1962)

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DIRECTION:  Seiji Maruyama
CAST:  Frankie Sakai  •  Yumi Shirakawa  •  Yuriko Hoshi  •  Yōsuke Natsuki

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DIRECTION:  Seiji Maruyama
CAST:  Frankie Sakai  •  Yumi Shirakawa  •  Yuriko Hoshi  •  Yōsuke Natsuki
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