Bang-ho Cho
Birthday: Born in 1956-11-19 in Osaka, Japan
Deathday: 1997-12-09
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エコエコアザラク
Character: Satoru Kuroi
Kuroi Misa, a girl with Satanic powers, mysteriously appears in various high schools. Carrying a dagger and a heavy leather bag, she uses her powers to eliminate the evil forces that thrive on deadly sins of the human race. Her ultimate aim is to cleanse the earth and rebuild her broken family....
古谷一行の名探偵・金田一耕助シリーズ
Character: Fraudster
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たけしくんハイ!
Character: Eiichiro Nishino
Set in slums of Tokyo, the daily life of the child Takeshi Kitano and his family is depicted with a comedy touch, the drama revolves around the Takeshi Kitano who is kind but mischievous....
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Like Grains of Sand
Character: Teacher
A coming-of-age story. Shuji, a Japanese teen, is falling in love with his friend Hiroyuki, however, Hiroyuki is attracted to Kasane, the new girl in their class....
Hiruko the Goblin
Character: Archeologist
A school was built on one of the Gates of Hell, behind which hordes of demons await the moment they will be free to roam the Earth. Hiruko is a goblin sent to Earth on a reconnaissance mission. He beheads students in order to assemble their heads on the demons' spider-like bodies. Hieda, an archaeology professor, and Masao, a haunted student, investigate the gory deaths....
Taboo X Perversion
Character: Kyoichi Himekawa
A young woman has feelings for her older cousin but he is obsessed with blonds. When a European temptress comes for a visit his fantasies come true. But he soon finds out that she likes it really kinky....
No More Comics!
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Stuck doing show-biz schlock, an investigative reporter stumbles on a scheme to swindle pensions through an attractive gold futures scam, a potential news-story....
The Mosquito on the Tenth Floor
Character: Yamazaki
A lower-middle-class policeman lives decadently, chasing cheap beer and girls at the same time he's running from loan sharks and his personal expectations....
Double Bed
Character: Man in Library
Kato is a small time TV producer. He has a wife Masako, and a young son Taro. Kato also has a friend Yamazaki who he knew since college. Yamazaki has a girl friend Riko who lives with her younger sister Yuko who's an actress. Yamazaki is a lyric writer/womanizer and he starts to have an affair with Masako, but he's still going out with Riko....
March Comes In Like a Lion
Character: Haruo
The film begins with some Polaroids of a young boy and a young girl. A female voice over tells us who these people are. They are brother and sister, she is seven and he is eight. She goes on to say that when she was seven and he was eight, she told her brother that she would marry him....
Tattoo
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An ardent culture-vulture youth, previously charged for the murder of a woman when he was young, plans to hold hostage a local bank....
How Old Is the River?
Character: Ichitaro
Three brothers, their father missing and tensions boiling, gather at their rural summer house; soon enough, they're unexpectedly joined by a female cousin....
Mijukuna Kahanshin
Character: Hirokazu Shiraishi
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Shoya no umi
Character: Kunio Fujii
A wealthy man has relationships with a married woman, an office lady and a high school girl. Two of them are friends, two are sisters and one leaves him frustrated....
Akuma no hitojichi
Character: Takao
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Zeccho shimai ochiru
Character: Yûichi Saeki
Mika, who used to be a call girl, is being pursued by a man that brokers prostitution. Her mother Yoshimi and older sister Mayumi also sold their bodies. But now, Mayumi will marry Soejima, a trading company man. Mika is happy to have a respectable relative and starts a part-time job at a pachinko parlor......
An Angel with Many Scars
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An odd journey starts as Mitsuru, a private detective, and a boy, whom a dying mobster entrusts to him, decide to go to northern Japan in search of the boy’s mother, and the detective’s buddy Hisashi joins them later....
Empire of Kids
Character: Ken
Following a stint in reform school, Ryu (Shinsuke Shimada) returns to his home, the Minami area of Osaka, accompanied by his new friend Ko (Takeshi Masu). He's greeted by his friends, Chabo (Ryusuke Matsumoto) and Ken (Bang-ho Cho). They seek to forge their own path through a multitude of rival gangs in Kita and Minami, including the Hokushin Alliance, backed by the yakuza, the Hope Association, and various other minor factions, including Zainichi Korean groups. What follows is a wild, fast-pac...
The King of Minami: Planned Bankruptcy
Character: Yasuda
#2 in the King of Minami series. The relentless Osaka loan shark Ginjiro Manda and his apprentice, Ryuichi, attempt to collect from a failed AV producer, setting into motion a complex series of events involving the yakuza, planned bankruptcy schemes and a wily stockbroker named Yasuda....
The Human Chair
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After seeing her husband off to work, the young author identified only as Yoshiko sets off to read the large collection of letters she received from other young authors. These are often letters containing samples of their work for critique. One large envelope contains a letter. The letter-writer does not provide his name. The letter is a confession of crimes. The letter-writer has no family or friends, and claims to be "ugly beyond description". He is a chair maker and loves his work and all the...
The Unspoiled Diamond
Character: Zenzo Nekomiya
A college student has an affair with a married, middle-aged teacher....
Tokyo Mafia: Battle for Shinjuku
Character: Taki
Former hitman Ginya Yabuki (Riki Takeuchi) left the mafia and split somewhat contentiously with his longtime former partner. Years later, that same ex-partner has emerged as the head of a very dangerous crime syndicate and Yabuki is forced to confront his former partner, which may start an all-out war within the Tokyo Mafia....
Balloon
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Youngsters find work as part-time festival street vendors and flourish in work, friendship and love....
Skinless Night
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Skinless Night (which borrows its title from a best-selling brand of condoms) centers on the 33-year-old Kayama Mutsuro, who supports his wife, child and a small team of employees by making porn videos. Profit margins are very low, the financier has his own troublesome ideas about the kind of tape he wants produced, the company office isn't an ideal environment for child-minding, and the job constantly throws up new challenges - like shopping for bondage gear or devising the special visual effec...
Yakuza Ladies 2
Character: Isao Tokunaga
Yuki, the wife of a leading member of the Domoto family, must assume her husband’s role as a yakuza boss while he serves out a prison sentence. As she grows into her new role, she manages to assert control and increase the influence of her organization. But when her husband is released from prison, she finds him a changed man, lacking the character necessary to be a powerful yakuza leader. Conflict ensues and their marriage is challenged by a desire for power....
Anne's Lullaby
Character: Katsuo Terayama
A single woman has a series of messy relationships while feeling that her maternal clock is running out....
Shunga
Character: Kazuo - Thief
An envelope of obscene woodblock prints makes a perverse connection between a violent homeless boxer, a feckless husband and a wife with a past trauma....
Attack on a Bakery
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Two young men are hungry, so they decide to rob a bakery. Adaptation of a short story by Haruki Murakami....
Violent Cop
Character: Man in Factory
A detective breaks all rules of ethical conduct while investigating a colleague’s involvement in drug pushing and Yakuza activities....
Mitabi no kaikyô
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Banned: Woman's Secret Pictures
Character: Syôtarô Ôtsuki
A man spies on an upper class woman having an illicit affair and blackmails her for sex. But she’s not the delicate flower that she appears to be....
Eko Eko Azarak: Misa the Dark Angel
Character: Satoru Kuroi
Misa Kuroi is a good witch, but wherever she goes, evil follows. When a dying girl appears out of nowhere shouting Misa's name, our heroine goes to work. Following the clues, Misa transfers to the prestigious Saint Salem School for Girls and joins the Drama Club. Soon all the girls depart for a mysterious Drama Camp, deep in the woods....
Time and Tide
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An antique shop "Jidaiya" sells time not antiques. One day a lady run into this shop with a cat....