Tatsuo Umemiya
Popularity:0.382
Known For:Acting
Birthday:1938-03-11
Place of Birth:Harbin, Manchukuo, Empire of Japan [now Harbin, Heilongjiang, China]
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Also Known As:Tatsuo Unemiya, 梅宮 辰夫, Тацуо Умэмия, 梅宫辰夫, 梅宫辰雄, Tatsuo Umemiya

Henchmen (1968)
The three henchmen join forces to challenge the brutal gang that is trying to control the city of Izu in Shizuoka during the early Showa period....

Ex-Convict - Territory of Rampage (1969)
The third film in the Zenka-mono series.At the beginning of the Showa period, Matsukichi Iwaki was released from prison after 10 years in prison....

Once and For All Pt.2 (1968)
Continuation of the film Once and For All about two yakuza brothers Joji and Goro.

Wild Spirit (1967)
It has been 5 years since Eijiro Kikukawa of the Asakusa Kaminarimon family killed the head of the Suzaki family. Finally he gets out of prison and...

Yokohama Bakkuretai (1994)
Based on the comic book by Tetsu Kusamoto.

Wandering Ginza Butterfly (1972)
Gang leader Nami (cult film legend Meiko Kaji) kills a member of a yakuza group and goes away to prison. Upon her release three years later,...

A Lonely Gamble (1965)
In post-war Japan, it is difficult for private business to stay afloat. The small atelier has a debt of several million yen. To get a loan, his...

A Blood Stained Love Affair (1974)
Emika has been raised by her aunt Ineko, who runs a high-class club in Akasaka. Ineko is backed by Ohashi, a political mastermind, but at the same...

South Pacific Waves Are High (1962)
1962 Japanese movie

King of Pornography (1971)
Dumb Tatsuo Umemiya / Shingo Yamashiro comedy about a young bloke whose dick grows to inhuman dimensions (obviously a role tailor made for star...

Prince of Space (1965)
Attracted by the report of the development of a new type of rocket fuel, the vicious dictator of Krangkor, the dark planet, descends on Earth to...

Mr. Tadano's Secret Mission: From Japan With Love (2008)
Tadano is assigned by the chairman Kurokawa to protect and check the personal affairs of a young idol, Sylvia , who is the main character at the...

Killing Melody Lady Smith (1990)
A painfully splendid adventure has begun!

Kawachi Zankeiden Shamo Chicken (Shamo) (1991)
Junko Mihara is full of mysterious charm and is involved in ambitious work.

Hunter in the Dark (1979)
Yataro Tanigawa, a one-eyed hired assassin, impresses yakuza boss Gomyo Kiyoemon with his skill. Gomyo hires Tanigawa as his bodyguard, or yojimbo,...

Gokudo Otoko Juku (1995)
A rough man who has been hit by the times hits an established organization!

Yakuza Graveyard (1976)
A police investigator cracks down on yakuza business, but once he realizes the police are in negotiations with certain factions, he sides with his...

Three Generations of Yakuza (1966)
The film depicts the fate of a young yakuza boss and his father, who confront each other, not knowing that they are relatives, and become victims of...

Night Guy (1968)
Tokyo at night. It has another face, different from the daytime. Gorgeous neon lights and dressed-up women decorate the city at night. And then,...

Night Bitch (1966)
A playboy bartender pretends to be gay in order to approach women. He is in cahoots with another opportunist, a young woman who is trying to seduce a...

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics (1974)
As Japan gears up for the 1964 Olympic games, the cops start to crack down on the gangs, under pressure from the public and the press, adding a new...

Graveyard of Honor (1975)
A self-destructive man becomes a powerful member of the Japanese mafia but quickly loses his self control. Based on the true story of Rikio Ishikawa.

Okatsu the Fugitive (1969)
Okatsu the Fugitive is the third film in the "Ohyaku/Okatsu" series. Okatsu; a "tomboy" who is good with a sword. Her father has found her a man to...

Bloodstained Clan of Honor (1970)
It takes place in the sunset days of the yakuza in the 1970s. The postwar turmoil that created the black market and lubricated illegal business...

Shura ga Yuku 4 (1997)
The fourth of the extreme actions that depicts the men who are confronting the war set by the Kansai yakuza who are planning to advance to the Kanto...

Kanto Street Peddlers Clan: Violent Loyalty (1970)
The second film in the Kanto Street Peddlers Clan series starring Bunta Sugawara.

Kanto Street Peddlers: Violent Fire Festival (1971)
The fourth film in the Kanto Street Peddlers series. The protagonist, played by Bunta Sugawara sides with female boss Yumiko Nogawa to fight evil...

Memories : Osaka Yakuza War Retribution (2001)
An incident occurred where a member of the Sannokai who sparked a dispute at the gambling house was shot dead by a member of the Umeyama group...

Memories : Osaka Yakuza War Retribution 2 (2002)
Sequel of Memories : Osaka Yakuza War Retribution

Otoko Michi (2000)
A man falls in love with a man with his spiritual past.

Delinquent Boss: Wolves of the City (1969)
Kosaka Hiroshi is a small time swindler and the boss of a motorcycle gang in Shinjuku. Living only to make money, he never made the big time until...

Gang and G-Men Part 2 (1963)
A gang plans to steal twenty billion yen by safecracking tactics; however, they discover that one of the gang members is an infiltrating cop.

Pinwheel Hamakichi's Spell (1981)
Hamakichi was a former detective respected by everyone but he was arrested after he helped a criminal flee for money, which he needed for his...

World War III Breaks Out (1960)
The lives of several Japanese families are shattered as the USA and the USSR move toward war, Japan finds itself caught in the middle, and Tokyo is...

Devil's Flute (1979)
Famous detective Kindaichi solves a series of mysterious murders in a wealthy family. An excellent blend of intrigue and betrayal, set against the...

Wolves of the City: First to Fight (1971)
Pinku from 1971.

Wolves on Motorcycles (1971)
Hoodlum group helps fishermen against firm polluting their fishing ground.

The Experience (1970)
Two boys and two girls become acquainted and fall in love.

The Kingpin of Fair Ladies (1970)
A man is inspired to build a hospital after his mother falls ill and becomes a host to swindle money out of women.

Cops vs. Thugs (1975)
When a lucrative waterfront development becomes available, the Kawade gang quickly use their political connections to secure the land. However, the...

The Man Who Shot the Don (1994)
Horai serves an 18 year sentence for killing a rival boss, but right before his release he is attacked.

Gang vs. Gang (1962)
The plot opens with the hero (Tsuruta) leaving prison, having served time through taking the blame for a fellow gang member’s crime. However,...

Capone: Roppongi Renkin no Teio (2004)
With the help of the real-life pachislot gambling group "Capone," the film depicts the friendship between a man who gambles and a man who lives in...

不良少年 (1980)
Based on the novel of the same name by Shoji Yuki

Kizu-darake no futeki-sha (1963)
1963 Japanese movie

The Happy-Go-Lucky Guy (1961)
A group of four chorus singers leave their hometown in Kyushu and go to Tokyo to become stars. It’s a musical comedy that shows Segawa’s...

Komadori shimai oke-sa wataridori (1962)
1962 Japanese movie

Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather (1982)
Onimasa is the egocentric boss of a small yakuza clan on Shikoku Island, whose criminal duties conflict with his self-image as a chivalrous samurai....

Nerai uchi buraikan (1962)
1962 Japanese movie

Hiroshima Yakuza War (2000)
After World War II, in Hiroshima, the Yakuza clans start a war for control of the city.

Shura Group (2002)
Remake of The Story of a Man Among Men (1984)

Unification Of Japan (2013)
After the young Himuro (Yasukaze Motomiya) and Tamura (Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi) force a local yakuza family to disband, they leave Yokohama and head to...

Some Like It Hot (1991)
Detective investigates a murder connected to cocaine in a coin locker

Unification Of Japan 2 (2013)
Himuro (Yasukaze Motomiya), who joined Kyowakai, steadily rose through the ranks with his calm and clear mind. Tamura (Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi) was also...

Unification Of Japan 3 (2013)
With the Kyowa and Shinto Clans in open conflict, Tamura (Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi) looks for a chance to kill the head of the Shinto Clan as others...

Kasajiro: The Kappa Marriage (1981)
Sakane, a police officer nicknamed "Kasajiro," remains single. He meets Shinko, the daughter of a condemned smuggler with a kappa tattoo, in a...

Uragirimono wa jigoku daze (1962)
1962 Japanese movie

Kasajiro: Truncheon versus Sword (1982)
A series of murders at Fukagawa lumberyard is tied to a grudge letter from the deceased Kansuke Tsukunamiya. Officer Kasajiro Sakane investigates the...

G-men of Japan 5: Skyscraper Wolves (1960)
G-men of Japan fifth installment. A young detective, questioning a double suicide involving his police officer friend and a Turkish girl, travels...

The Gate of Youth Part 2 (1977)
Mid 50s: the trials and tribulations of Shinsuke Ibuki, freshly arrived in Tokyo from Kyushu.

Planet Prince (1959)
A mysterious hero must intervene when a nefarious presence from outer space arrives to steal a powerful new rocket fuel.

Planet Prince - The Terrifying Spaceship (1959)
Sequel to 1959's Planet Prince

A Samurai's Sorrow: The Deadly Sword (1984)
The second installment of the special drama "Kawaiteshimau" features Masakazu Tamura playing the role of "Udege Shujo," the official taster for the...

Truckster Goes to Hokkaido (1976)
Momojiro comes to the rescue of beautiful Akiko who struggles to run a ranch on her own.

Challenge Beneath the Waves (1960)
1960 Toei action film.

Element of Surprise (1963)
1963 Toei war / action film.

Capone Cries a Lot (1985)
Umiemon is a naniwa-bushi singer who travels with his wife to the United States in hopes of achieving fame and fortune.

Nuclear Gypsies (1985)
Barbara, a dancer, is coming home to Nagoya after a long absence. She lives above a bar in an area whose inhabitants are mainly from Okinawa. Upon...

Sabu and Ichi's Detective Stories 2 (1981)
Sabu, a low-ranking samurai, finds himself unable to apprehend the ruthless leader of a violent gang of thieves, which leads to a scolding from his...

Sabu and Ichi's Detective Stories (1981)
In Edo, a group of masked samurai stormed a seafood wholesaler, killing the head clerk and robbing the money. They then crossed paths with Ichi, a...

Sabu and Ichi's Detective Stories 3 (1982)
In the town of Edo, a series of bizarre incidents occur, where people are kidnapped, have fox masks placed on their faces, and are then thrown out,...

Raised in a Palace (1964)
Set in the pleasure district of Kyoto, Tamiko (Yoshiko Mita, in her first lead role) is a young girl attending high school by day and training as a...

Moonlight Mask: The Last Death of the Devil (1959)
The sixth and last Moonlight Mask film in the original series produced by Toei in the 1950s.

Shura Group Part 1 (2002)
Denzaburo Kato, the third generation leader of the Horii family whose territory encompasses the Yokohama area, has a dramatic encounter at a certain...

The Last Kamikaze (1970)
With World War II is coming to its end and Japan nearing defeat, Japanese military leaders step up suicide attacks on Allied ships. Toei legend Koji...

The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze (1968)
The film is dedicated to the souls of flight school graduates killed in World War II. Young boys dream about becoming pilots and apply to flight...

Human Torpedoes (1968)
Story of loyal sailors giving their lives for their country as human torpedoes towards the end of the War.

Metamorphosis (1986)
A sensuous movie based on a literary work. Hitomi Kuroki stars as the film’s heroine.

The Awesome Circus Bastard (1984)
Daigaku, member of the circus, is involved in a certain case and is suspected by Detective Hattori and others that he's the culprit. In order to...

The Buddy: Yaji and Kita (1982)
Tajibee, a cockfighting expert from Kawachi, and Kitahachi, a carpenter from Edo, survive a shipwreck near Beppu. They rescue Sakamoto Ryoma from...

The Challenge (1962)
Journalist Kuroki is investigating clandestine arms sales to Southeast Asia. He discovers that the point man in an arms trade was also involved in...

Four Hours of Terror (1959)
Airline captain saves passengers from a brutal murderer on a plane during four hours of terror.

The Boy Detectives Club – The Enemy Is an Atomic Submarine (1959)
Ninth and final film in the Boy Detectives Club series. Features Tatsuo Umemiya's film debut.

Industrial Spy (1968)
Kogure, an industrial spy, is tasked by Sawada, head of the research department of the Nisshin Corporation, to learn the secrets of the design of a...

Domineering (1982)
When the patriarch of Japan's most powerful yakuza family is shot, his wife is left to pick up the pieces and carry on the legacy.

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga (1980)
The 224-minute compilation edition of Battles Without Honor and Humanity compiles these four movies: Battles Without Honor and Humanity, Deadly...

Lone Wolf Cop: The Sex Doll Case (1991)
A police officer is recruited to a special agency and given a license to kill. He is given a dozen or so young policemen and a bar as a front....

Love on a Daily Basis (1988)
The lives of a young yakuza and his girlfriend.

Nagasaki Blues (1969)
Japanese “kayo” film based on the song by Mina Aoe.

Downtown Blues (1968)
The desires and pretensions of woman of the Ginza are depicted.

A Woman’s Road (1973)
Poor Yoko knows she is getting played and used by a playboy, but she loves him with all her heart and soul.

The Bad Guy Blues (1969)
A story about club hostesses in Osaka.

King of the Night Life (1970)
1970 Toei movie.

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War (1973)
Shozo Hirono has managed to separate from the Yamamori family and create his own small family, and extend his circle of acquaintances. These new...

Dream Maker (1999)
Masato is a bad boy, but very in love with music. He meets a girl, Miki, who has serious diseases but is optimistic toward life. They start to work...

The Seven Chefs (1997)
Traveling chef Ryuji is called back to Tokyo to help save his late teacher’s restaurant. With the help of his close friend Kinu, Ryuji must...

The Dump Truck Rascal (1981)
Depicting the turbulent life of truck driver Takashi, his fellow drivers, and the women he meets.

G-Men in the Pacific (1962)
G-men challenge a jewelry smuggling ring. The chase starts in Kyushu and continues to Kobe to Yokohama.

The Swindlers (1970)
Interesting fights between the "Capone Group" and "Jumbo Group".

Delinquent Boss: Smooth Talking, Good Fighting (1971)
This is the Twelfth film in the series. There were seventeen Wolves of the City films between 1968 & 1974, in the main aimed at shock-value &...

Delinquent Boss: Devour to the Bone (1972)
This is the Sixteenth film in the series. There were seventeen Wolves of the City films between 1968 & 1974, in the main aimed at shock-value &...

Delinquent Boss: Alley Dog Commando (1972)
This is the Fifteenth film in the series. There were seventeen Wolves of the City films between 1968 & 1974, in the main aimed at shock-value &...

The Bad Boss: Wholesale Roundup (1971)
This is the thirteenth film in the series.

Father of the Kamikaze (1974)
Vice Admiral Takajiro Ohnishi could see that Japan's defeat in WWII was inevitable. He came to realize that the only way to force a negotiated...

The Bad Boss (1968)
The first in what would become Toei's most successful, longest-running bosozoku film series. It lasted from 1968 till 1972 through sixteen films.

Wolves of the City, Money Hunters (1970)
The hoodlum group tries to help a little printing factory against gangsters.

Wolf Escort (1969)
Rivalry between a hoodlum group and gangster organization.

Wolves of the City, Take Your Chance (1970)
The hoodlum group goes to a hot-spring resort town to earn money.

Wolves of the City: Checkmate (1970)
This is the sixth film in the series. There were seventeen Wolves of the City films between 1968 & 1974, in the main aimed at shock-value &...

The Bad Boss 3 (1969)
A story of rivalry between two gambling clans.

Wolves of the City, Operation "Rat" (1969)
Tokyo hoodlums travel to Osaka and enter into rivalry with the local gangsters.

Hooligans on Buggies (1970)
Rivalry between a hoodlum group and a gangster organization.

Greatest Boss of the Showa Era (1966)
Somewhat unique as it appears to be one of the very rare appearances of master thespian Itô in a yakuza role.

Brutal Tales of Chivalry (1965)
After World War II, their town was a pile of rubble. Gennosuke, the second generation boss of the Kamizu Group was upholding yakuza chivalry by...

The Great Okinawa Yakuza War (1976)
Chiba, looking gnarly, and acting as animalistic as ever, stars alongside Matsukata as violent gangsters battling their way through fight after...

The Lucky Status Symbol (1972)
Hiroshi (Tatsuo Umemiya) has the biggest penis in all of Japan and everyone who touches (or is touched by) it, is blessed by good fortune. After...

King of the Widow-Killers (1971)
The third installment of the Emperor series, starring Tatsuo Umemiya as the man who rules the night world. Hiroshi rose through the ranks in Tokyo by...

Karate Warriors (1976)
Sakata protects a little boy while coping with rival gangs.

Four Days of Snow and Blood (1989)
Based on the "2.26 Incident", an attempted coup d'état in Japan 1936, launched by radical ultra-nationalist parts of the military. Several...

A Story from Abashiri Prison—Duel in Snow Storm (1967)
Convict son revenges innocent father's death.

Life of Hishakaku 2 (1963)
Upon his release from the prison, Hishakaku joins the Kikkyo family who is struggling to regain their turf from their rival, Domoto family. To...

Life of Hishakaku (1963)
After eloping with a prostitute named Otoyo, Hishakaku takes refuge in the Kogane family’s turf. Indebted to Boss Kogane for his kindness,...

Rampaging Dragon of the North (1966)
The son of a prominent member of a fishing community returns home after a stint with the yakuza to find his father has died under orders of a local...

The Last True Yakuza (1985)
A made man during the height of Hiroshima's yakuza turf war must maneuver through the violence and betrayal inside the criminal underworld.

Gang vs. G-Men (1962)
Two rival gangs of gangsters clash for dominance of a neighborhood.

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.

The Ando Gang Documentary Film (1973)
This biopic of notorious yakuza-turned-actor Noboru Ando focuses on the days leading to his arrest after the shooting of businessman Hideki Yokoi.

Violent Fraternity (1974)
Set in Shibuya in 1949, this is another film based on real life former yakuza boss Noboru Ando's memoirs.

Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1973)
In the teeming black markets of postwar Japan, Shozo Hirono and his buddies find themselves in a new war between factious and ambitious yakuza.

Gambling Den Heist (1975)
After eight years in prison, Takeshi’s mission is a big heist from his own clan’s gambling parlor.

Sex Peddlers (1965)
A young bartender acts as a pimp on the side: he pretends to have VD to get a girl an abortion. She is actually infected by another and plans her...

The Fixer (1979)
Political fixer Homei Yamaoka's misdeeds come to light, throwing Japanese politics into deadly confusion. But he's not going down without a fight.

Down with The Big Boss (1979)
In pre-war Japan, two members of a large yakuza syndicate instigate a turf war that embroils the highest echelons of Tokyo's underworld.

Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron (1978)
Kumokiri Nizaemon, a former samurai warrior, has abandoned his class to become the leader of a gang of thieves. He leads his outlaws in an attempt to...

A Life of Intimidation (1963)
Japanese action film.

Man of the World (1960)
An upstanding young man who is popular with the ladies takes on a corrupt group of men in his company.

Eleven Gangsters (1963)
Two men head a team who steal a factory payroll valued at 500 million yen. Then a hoodlum gang goes after the team for the money.

The Shogun Assassins (1979)
This is a film about a real person. Sanada Yukimura fought a war against Tokugawa Ieyasu.

Yanagase Blues (1967)
Jiro, a smooth-talking, womanizing bartender, flees from a Yakuza boss to Yanagase.

Gambler's World 2 (1967)
Thriller about a gangster and an outlaw who become friends despite their different outlooks.

Yakuza vs. Gang Leader (1974)
Gokudo Shimamura comes to blows with the Delinquent Boss who rolls into town with his motorcycle gang.

Once and For All (1967)
Film concerning warring yakuza families.

The Rapacious Jailbreaker (1974)
Convicted of murder, Masayuki Ueda is sent to Hiroshima Prison along with his accomplice. But for a man like him, breaking out of prison is easy.

The Japan Derby Race (1970)
A story about a man who stakes his life on horse racing.

The Big Boss (1963)
A shooting incident occurs at the Asahina family gambling hall in Tokyo's Joto district. It is the work of Gaijin boss Brown and his henchman...

Nerves for Victory (1966)
A young yakuza who respects obligation and humanity must face cruel and heartless turf wars leading to a fight to the death with his own brother.

Gang Loyalty and Vengeance (1963)
A modern gang version of Chushingura, chronicling almost scene for scene the Brave 47 Ronin story, transposed from the Genroku Period to the Showa...

Daughter of Time (1980)
A member of the jieitai ("Self-Defense Force"; i.e. Japanese military) is on leave and finds a woman giving birth in a graveyard in the former...

Headphone Lullaby (1983)
The story of friendship, love and sportsmanship among high-school students.

Mist and Shadows (1961)
The film adaptation of the bestseller of the same name by Tsutomu Mizukami. A large-scale detective drama in which two newspaper reporters...

Legends of Honor (1963)
First ninkyo yakuza picture at Toei directed by Teruo Ishii

The Revenge and the Death (1963)
A gritty, noirish gangster saga.

Operation Plazma in Osaka (1976)
Amidst Japan's postwar economic boom, yakuza factions in Osaka fight for survival when Japan's largest crime syndicate plans a hostile takeover.

The Murder Corps (1975)
A violent upstart forms an alliance with the powerful Tensei-kai syndicate to fight on the front lines of an underworld war and take over all of...

Company Buggers (1975)
Hiroshi, a small-time racketeer, makes a name for himself extorting vulnerable companies and their directors for financial gain.

Ryakudatsu ai (1991)
The fear of the fiercely obsessive woman who deprives her best friend of her husband. An emotionally charged movie starring Hitomi Kuroki, Masato...

The Imperial Japanese Empire (1982)
Story of three people, a barber, a Christian and a graduate of the Tokyo Military Academy during the 2nd World War.

Dangerous Trade in Kobe (1973)
Using a lesser mobster as bait a government agent infiltrates a narcotics-smuggling gang to try to capture the boss. But his survival has a price.

Delinquent Girl Boss: Blossoming Night Dreams (1970)
Rika is released from girls detention school and then winds up at a lounge bar where she finds her other classmates working. This lounge bar is run...

Succession (1992)
A former stockbroker-turned-yakuza must make sure his alcoholic boss is up to the task of swearing in the next leader of their syndicate.

Okite (2003)
Yakuza film directed by Hiroki Matsukata.

Japan's Don (1977)
A yakuza leader must balance his violent tactics necessary for the rough streets of 1960s Tokyo with the domestic needs of his daughters.

Troops of Darkness (1971)
A disgraced yakuza member, framed for the murder of his boss, emerges from prison eight years later with revenge on his mind.

Flower Cards Chivalry (1967)
An absolutely astonishing art house ninkyo yakuza film. Wandering gambler runs into a young swindler woman working with old man. They are both...

The Great Road (1960)
The story of a certain engineer from his youth until he retired from the Japanese National Railways after the war .

Scoundrel Boss (1975)
Daigoro Koiwa and Katsuo Rokujo, who met by chance, open a recession-resistant funeral business and a urinary treatment business, and put it on...

The Tattooed Hitman (1974)
The most dangerous hired gun in Kyushu's underworld has managed to trigger a vicious gang war, and now, there's a contract on his life. Though nobody...

Chained Bitch (1965)
Japanese prison exploitation movie. Part 1 of the 'Onna bangaichi' series

Won't Stand for Dying (1960)
The son of the murdered Yakuza, Kenji, at the request of his mother, worked in a stable company. However, soon the girl Kenji Amy, who was in favor...

Afternoon When Flowers Fell (1989)
A widowed restaurateur is faced with scandal after discovering her late husband had a child out of wedlock. Hearing that two criminals had attempted...

Botchan yarō seizoroi (1961)
1961 Japanese movie

Otoko no chiheisen (1961)
1961 Japanese movie

The Navy (1963)
A tale of two best friends in the WWII era Japan. Takao is a young man enthusiastic about joining the navy to fight for his country. He convinces his...

Sabu and Ichi's Detective Stories 4 (1982)
During a gathering of detectives, Satake is the only one not indulging in the hospitality of a wealthy money exchanger. His senior, Yasuke, leaves...

Iron Chef (1993)
Iron Chef is a Japanese television cooking show produced by Fuji Television. The series, which premiered on October 10, 1993, is a stylized cook-off...

Children of Promise (1997)
In this engaging comedy, a husband and wife enter a journey of self-discovery when they enter their child into a drama school. Just where does a...

Wave in Mind (1995)
The wife of a lawyer and her twice-divorced sister-in-law scheme to break up her brother's marriage in this hard-edged drama of misdirected passion....

Dear Father (2007)
Set in an old prestigious ryotei (Japanese-style restaurant) in a small town in the center of Tokyo, a young itamae (cook for Japanese dishes)...

SMAP×SMAP (1996)
SMAP×SMAP was an ongoing weekly Japanese variety show on Kansai TV and Fuji TV starring the members of SMAP. The show began on April 15, 1996...

The Naive Rogue Detective (1988)
Detective Kichinosuke Yasuura, also known as "Yasu-san", A detective with a sense of humanity and justice that deviates from the framework of the...

The Roads Men Travel (1976)
The series depicts the employees of a security company from different generations and backgrounds facing many difficult questions. It features a...

Hitoshi Tadano, the Extraordinary Undercover Detective (2003)
Hitoshi Tadano is an assistant manager of an advertisement company who seems to be nothing but a dull and incapable “nobody”. While most...

Sabu to Ichi Dorimono Hikae (1981)
Fuji drama specials based on the eponymous manga by Shotaro Ishinomori.

Gaki no Tsukai No Laughing Batsu Game (2003)
After participating to a previous show where they have to bet or be challenged to any kind of competitions, the losing members of the Gaki no Tsukai...

Coming Home (1994)
Shirota Shintaro lives with his wife Atsuko, his four children, Shitaro's father Fukuzo, and a dog. He is forced to make room for his sister Megumi...

Dragonfly (1988)
Eiji Ogawa, a young leader of the Hattagumi yakuza, left the prison after two years sentence. However, it was only Tsunekichi Mito, the younger...

Hadaka no Taishō (2007)
A new dramatization of "Hadaka no Taishō (The Naked General)" series about the wandering painter Kiyoshi Yamashita, starring Tsukaji Muga.

Fierce Fighting Mad Police '80 (1970)
The time is the 1980s . Japan 's organized violence achieved national unification through numerous fierce conflicts, collusion with the political and...