Shinzo Hotta

Hotta Shinzo (ほった しんぞう, October 20, 1945) is an actor in Japan. Born in Gifuura Town, Amakusa-gun, Kumamoto Prefecture (now Amakusa city). Former stage name is Shinzo Hotta, Shinji Hotta. A real name and real name of the debut as Akio Asaka. Graduated from Osaka City University. He passed the 11 th Toei New Faith in 1963 and joined Toei. Synchronization includes Kazuko Yayonaga and Hiroko Shima. In 1964 movie "Kunoichi Makeup" he is noted as a tall and handsome young ninja. Having a look of leading stars, days of disadvantaged good roles continue. In the television drama "Kei Hunter", he appeared as a bad guy with a fearless appearance, repeatedly guest appearances, playing a powerful battle with Shibuya Chiba. Hotta's blog posts that exchange is continuing with Chiba who is a senior at New Face, and it has a feeling of admiration and respect. I am on good terms with Mr. Isaaki Natsatori. Especially the TV drama "Iron King" played a villain who is not simply a villainary vengeance of minority ethnic groups although he regularly appeared in various special effects works. The villain of the special effects work of the 1970s was mainstream to separately dubbed before and after the transformation, but Horita played the voice after the transformation himself, and also acted as a villain center in the historical drama. In the meantime, he started to work in overseas works from the 1970's, and in 2012 she appeared in Japan, China and Korea's co-operative drama "Strangers 6" ...

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A Legend of Turmoil (1992)

A story about the development of a bright and strong yakuza. Otaki is an old-fashioned respectful yakuza who tries to protect his small yakuza family. When his boss gets shot, he decides to go after the plotters.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Seiji Izumi
CAST:  Takanori Jinnai  •  Yoshiko Kayama  •  Yoko Akino  •  Akira Kobayashi

A story about the development of a bright and strong yakuza. Otaki is an old-fashioned respectful yakuza who tries to protect his small yakuza family. When his boss gets shot, he decides to go after the plotters.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Seiji Izumi
CAST:  Takanori Jinnai  •  Yoshiko Kayama  •  Yoko Akino  •  Akira Kobayashi

Three Yakuza (1965)

A tale of three Yakuza gamblers who traveled Japan during the samurai era living by their wits and sword skills. Told in 3 separate vignettes, each part tells the story of a different drifter’s life. Part 1: A man is on the run after killing two Hasshu Officials to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tadashi Sawashima
CAST:  Kinnosuke Nakamura  •  Tatsuya Nakadai  •  Hiroki Matsukata  •  Hiroko Sakuramachi

A tale of three Yakuza gamblers who traveled Japan during the samurai era living by their wits and sword skills. Told in 3 separate vignettes, each part tells the story of a different drifter’s life. Part 1: A man is on the run after killing two Hasshu Officials to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tadashi Sawashima
CAST:  Kinnosuke Nakamura  •  Tatsuya Nakadai  •  Hiroki Matsukata  •  Hiroko Sakuramachi

Lifetime Insecurity (1994)

In the midst of a bad economy, Yokoyama, the vice president of Taiyo Real Estate, launches a plan to cut back on his labor force. Fifty employees are segregated into a special assignment division and given an ultimatum: meet a sales goal of 1.5 billion yen within ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shunichi Kajima
CAST:  Kyôhei Shibata  •  Atsuo Nakamura  •  Masahiko Tsugawa  •  Hisako Manda

In the midst of a bad economy, Yokoyama, the vice president of Taiyo Real Estate, launches a plan to cut back on his labor force. Fifty employees are segregated into a special assignment division and given an ultimatum: meet a sales goal of 1.5 billion yen within ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shunichi Kajima
CAST:  Kyôhei Shibata  •  Atsuo Nakamura  •  Masahiko Tsugawa  •  Hisako Manda

Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally (1989)

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shintarō Katsu
CAST:  Shintarō Katsu  •  Kanako Higuchi  •  Takanori Jinnai  •  Ryuutarô Gan

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shintarō Katsu
CAST:  Shintarō Katsu  •  Kanako Higuchi  •  Takanori Jinnai  •  Ryuutarô Gan

Criminal Woman: Killing Melody (1973)

Reiko Ike stars as the daughter of a man who has been pushed into drug dealing by the local Yakuza mob. Having outlived his usefulness to the gang he is murdered and Reiko is gang raped, leading her to attempt a knife attack on the Yakuza boss (Ryoji Hayama) at a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Atsushi Mihori
CAST:  Reiko Ike  •  Miki Sugimoto  •  Yumiko Katayama  •  Chiyoko Kazama

Reiko Ike stars as the daughter of a man who has been pushed into drug dealing by the local Yakuza mob. Having outlived his usefulness to the gang he is murdered and Reiko is gang raped, leading her to attempt a knife attack on the Yakuza boss (Ryoji Hayama) at a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Atsushi Mihori
CAST:  Reiko Ike  •  Miki Sugimoto  •  Yumiko Katayama  •  Chiyoko Kazama

Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 (1972)

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shunya Ito
CAST:  Meiko Kaji  •  Fumio Watanabe  •  Kayoko Shiraishi  •  Yuki Aresa

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shunya Ito
CAST:  Meiko Kaji  •  Fumio Watanabe  •  Kayoko Shiraishi  •  Yuki Aresa

Agitator (2001)

When a young Yakuza torments the customers in a rival crime family's nightclub, it is not long before his dead body is found. Soon, inter-family retaliation follows, resulting in the death for a prominent crime boss. Devastated by this turn of events, the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Miike
CAST:  Takashi Miike  •  Mickey Curtis  •  Yoshiyuki Daichi  •  Taisaku Akino

When a young Yakuza torments the customers in a rival crime family's nightclub, it is not long before his dead body is found. Soon, inter-family retaliation follows, resulting in the death for a prominent crime boss. Devastated by this turn of events, the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Miike
CAST:  Takashi Miike  •  Mickey Curtis  •  Yoshiyuki Daichi  •  Taisaku Akino

Yakuza Demon (2003)

Seiji and Yoshifumi are the only members of the Muto branch of the Date Family. The two respect and love their leader, Mr. Muto, like a father and the three share a firm bond. But their fate is sealed when the Family is involved in a conflict. Muto is unable to pay ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Miike
CAST:  Riki Takeuchi  •  Mickey Curtis  •  Kenichi Endo  •  Renji Ishibashi

Seiji and Yoshifumi are the only members of the Muto branch of the Date Family. The two respect and love their leader, Mr. Muto, like a father and the three share a firm bond. But their fate is sealed when the Family is involved in a conflict. Muto is unable to pay ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Miike
CAST:  Riki Takeuchi  •  Mickey Curtis  •  Kenichi Endo  •  Renji Ishibashi

Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu (1965)

In turbulent 16th-century Japan, the leaders of a minor fief have their child taken from them as a political hostage. His mother and his clan endure years of tribulations until he can return.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daisuke Itō
CAST:  Kinnosuke Nakamura  •  Yoshiko Hatakeyama  •  Takahiro Tamura  •  Yūji Aoki

In turbulent 16th-century Japan, the leaders of a minor fief have their child taken from them as a political hostage. His mother and his clan endure years of tribulations until he can return.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daisuke Itō
CAST:  Kinnosuke Nakamura  •  Yoshiko Hatakeyama  •  Takahiro Tamura  •  Yūji Aoki

Red Peony Gambler: Gambler's Obligation (1968)

A local yakuza boss of a silk farming town shows kindness to the wandering gambler Oryu by letting her stay at his residence. When a rival yakuza gang, who wants to take over the town's businesses, murders him, Oryu is obliged to protect his children and business.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norifumi Suzuki
CAST:  Bin Amatsu  •  Junpei Arishima  •  Tomisaburō Wakayama  •  Daisuke Awaji

A local yakuza boss of a silk farming town shows kindness to the wandering gambler Oryu by letting her stay at his residence. When a rival yakuza gang, who wants to take over the town's businesses, murders him, Oryu is obliged to protect his children and business.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norifumi Suzuki
CAST:  Bin Amatsu  •  Junpei Arishima  •  Tomisaburō Wakayama  •  Daisuke Awaji

A True Story of the Private Ginza Police (1973)

After a desperate gang of ex-soldiers and gamblers meet in a fistfight in occupied Ginza they decide to make the neighborhood their own.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Junya Satō
CAST:  Noboru Andō  •  Tsunehiko Watase  •  Hiroko Fuji  •  Eiko Nakamura

After a desperate gang of ex-soldiers and gamblers meet in a fistfight in occupied Ginza they decide to make the neighborhood their own.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Junya Satō
CAST:  Noboru Andō  •  Tsunehiko Watase  •  Hiroko Fuji  •  Eiko Nakamura

Crimson Bat - Oichi: Wanted, Dead or Alive (1970)

Oichi the Blind helps a woman escape the clutches of a high government official to go off with the man she loves. The official puts a reward on her head of fifty gold pieces and soon a menagerie of bounty hunters are after her skin. Three of them band together to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hirokazu Ichimura
CAST:  Yûki Meguro  •  Yōko Matsuyama  •  Hitoshi Ōmae  •  Jun Tazaki

Oichi the Blind helps a woman escape the clutches of a high government official to go off with the man she loves. The official puts a reward on her head of fifty gold pieces and soon a menagerie of bounty hunters are after her skin. Three of them band together to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hirokazu Ichimura
CAST:  Yûki Meguro  •  Yōko Matsuyama  •  Hitoshi Ōmae  •  Jun Tazaki

Utopia Sounds (2013)

Junichi, a seasoned sound mixer, was trying to look after his dying wife. Shaken by her illness, Junichi goes out to where he and his wife had traveled to 30 years ago. In a different place, Chika and Yukko visit Yukari's home for her birthday. An exciting time for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akihiro Mima
CAST:  Kurumi Morishita  •  Hitoshi Kajiki  •  Yasuhiro Isobe  •  Yuya Okutsu

Junichi, a seasoned sound mixer, was trying to look after his dying wife. Shaken by her illness, Junichi goes out to where he and his wife had traveled to 30 years ago. In a different place, Chika and Yukko visit Yukari's home for her birthday. An exciting time for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akihiro Mima
CAST:  Kurumi Morishita  •  Hitoshi Kajiki  •  Yasuhiro Isobe  •  Yuya Okutsu

Furyō shōnen 3, 000-ri no sō-ban (atama) (2012)

The movie is based on an autobiographical book titled “Tokyo Furyou Shounen Densetsu.” The book was written by Endo Natsuki, who was once affiliated with the biker team and band COOLS that was formed in the 1970s by Tachi Hiroshi (61) and Iwaki Koichi (60). The ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keiji Miyano
CAST:  Kumiko Akiyoshi  •  Kenji Ezure  •  Shinzo Hotta  •  Hiroaki Iwanaga

The movie is based on an autobiographical book titled “Tokyo Furyou Shounen Densetsu.” The book was written by Endo Natsuki, who was once affiliated with the biker team and band COOLS that was formed in the 1970s by Tachi Hiroshi (61) and Iwaki Koichi (60). The ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keiji Miyano
CAST:  Kumiko Akiyoshi  •  Kenji Ezure  •  Shinzo Hotta  •  Hiroaki Iwanaga

Hellcage: Inmate 611 Part 2 (2007)

It doesn't matter who you are or what you've done. Once you're inside Japan's most notorious women's prison, the only way to get out is to play the system by its own twisted rules. Crooked guards? Bribe them. Corrupt administrators? Blackmail. And when all else ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toshikazu Katsu
CAST:  Yoshimi Asada  •  Shinzo Hotta  •  Yôko Kamon  •  Akira Kiuchi

It doesn't matter who you are or what you've done. Once you're inside Japan's most notorious women's prison, the only way to get out is to play the system by its own twisted rules. Crooked guards? Bribe them. Corrupt administrators? Blackmail. And when all else ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toshikazu Katsu
CAST:  Yoshimi Asada  •  Shinzo Hotta  •  Yôko Kamon  •  Akira Kiuchi

Nun Story: Frustration in Black (1980)

Nunsploitation from Japan. Part of the Shûdôjo series.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuaki Shirai
CAST:  Eri Kanuma  •  Yukie Ishii  •  Rie Akagi  •  Masato Furuoya

Nunsploitation from Japan. Part of the Shûdôjo series.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuaki Shirai
CAST:  Eri Kanuma  •  Yukie Ishii  •  Rie Akagi  •  Masato Furuoya

Praying Mantis (1983)

A man and a woman drift ashore after a typhoon. The man, dead, is an escaped perpetrator, and the woman, alive, is a hairdresser Masako. A detective in charge of an embezzlement case is tracking the whereabouts of disappeared money and suspects Masako. One year ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shunichi Kajima
CAST:  Midori Satsuki  •  Ryô Hayami  •  Mako Toyoda  •  Etsuko Nami

A man and a woman drift ashore after a typhoon. The man, dead, is an escaped perpetrator, and the woman, alive, is a hairdresser Masako. A detective in charge of an embezzlement case is tracking the whereabouts of disappeared money and suspects Masako. One year ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shunichi Kajima
CAST:  Midori Satsuki  •  Ryô Hayami  •  Mako Toyoda  •  Etsuko Nami

King of Sha-kin (1997)

In late 90s Osaka, three people from various walks of life meet by chance. They team up to orchestrate a complex financial con targeting crooked businessmen in an attempt to solve their respective financial woes.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Seiji Izumi
CAST:  Show Aikawa  •  Hideo Murota  •  Yoko Natsuki  •  Masaru Shiga

In late 90s Osaka, three people from various walks of life meet by chance. They team up to orchestrate a complex financial con targeting crooked businessmen in an attempt to solve their respective financial woes.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Seiji Izumi
CAST:  Show Aikawa  •  Hideo Murota  •  Yoko Natsuki  •  Masaru Shiga

Fallen Angels II (1999)

Authentic eroticism returns in part two of this much-anticipated sequel. Reveals the hearts and bodies of five young women who descend into a life of compromise for the sake of money...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mitsunori Hattori
CAST:  Miyuki Komatsu  •  Noriko Harada  •  Aya Sasaki  •  Jin Kusanagi

Authentic eroticism returns in part two of this much-anticipated sequel. Reveals the hearts and bodies of five young women who descend into a life of compromise for the sake of money...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mitsunori Hattori
CAST:  Miyuki Komatsu  •  Noriko Harada  •  Aya Sasaki  •  Jin Kusanagi

The Legend of Ando Family: The Road to Hell (2001)

Genji Sokabe (Hakuryu) is a legendary hit-man who has just finished a 15-year prison stretch for killing the head of a rival gang. But Genji returns to a world where the old Yakuza codes of honour, vengeance and pride have been forgotten by a younger generation of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takeshi Miyasaka
CAST:  Hiroki Matsukata  •  Hakuryu  •  Nagare Hagiwara  •  Yoko Natsuki

Genji Sokabe (Hakuryu) is a legendary hit-man who has just finished a 15-year prison stretch for killing the head of a rival gang. But Genji returns to a world where the old Yakuza codes of honour, vengeance and pride have been forgotten by a younger generation of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takeshi Miyasaka
CAST:  Hiroki Matsukata  •  Hakuryu  •  Nagare Hagiwara  •  Yoko Natsuki
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