Kôji Uno
Known For & Full Filmography38 Titles
Movie - 1954, 2h 15m • as Bandit
A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him teach the people how to defend themselves, and the villagers provide the soldiers with food.
Movie - 1952, 2h 15m • as Yakuza (uncredited)
Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for decades. Learning he has cancer, he starts to look for the meaning of his life.
Movie - 1965, 2h 15m • as Namikawa's Associate (Earth Base Xilien)
Astronauts Glenn and Fuji investigate Planet X and encounter mysterious aliens known as the Xiliens, who ask Earth's people to help save their world from "Monster Zero". In exchange for borrowing Godzilla and Rodan, the Xiliens offer a cure for cancer. As Glenn investigates, he develops a romance with Miss Namikawa and uncovers the Xilien's true intentions.
Movie - 1955, 2h 15m • as Shibeki's Assistant
Two fishing scout pilots make a horrifying discovery when they encounter a second Godzilla alongside a new monster named Anguirus. Without the weapon that killed the original, authorities attempt to lure Godzilla away from the mainland. But Anguirus soon arrives and the two monsters make their way towards Osaka as Japan braces for tragedy.
Movie - 1964, 2h 15m • as Shizunoura Fisherman
Journalists Ichiro Sakai and Junko cover the wreckage of a typhoon when an enormous egg is found and claimed by greedy entrepreneurs. Mothra's fairies arrive and are aided by the journalists in a plea for its return. As their requests are denied, Godzilla arises near Nagoya and the people of Infant Island must decide if they are willing to answer Japan's own pleas for help.
Movie - 1964, 2h 15m • as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
After a meteorite unleashes a three-headed beast upon Tokyo, Mothra tries to unite with Godzilla and Rodan to battle the extraterrestrial threat.
Movie - 1956, 2h 15m • as Reporter (uncredited)
Mining engineer Shigeru investigates the disappearance and death of his fellow coworkers when prehistoric nymphs are discovered emerging from the mines. After an attack on the local village, Shigeru heads deeper into the mines only to make a more horrifying discovery in the form a prehistoric flying creature. Soon a second monster appears as the two converge in Fukuoka.
Movie - 1961, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Taut thriller about a too-perfect criminal case against an ex-convict that makes a nosy detective suspicious.
Movie - 1962, 2h 15m • as Reporter
In 1976, a drifting star named Gorath is discovered to be on a collision course with Earth. Although it is smaller than Earth, its enormous mass is enough to destroy the planet totally. A mission sent to observe Gorath is destroyed after the ship is drawn into the star, with a later mission barely escaping the same fate. However, Astronaut Tatsuma Kanai is left in a catatonic state due to his near death experience. Unable to destroy the invading star, Earth's scientists undertake a desperate plan to build giant rockets at the South Pole to move the planet out of Gorath's path before it is too late.
Movie - 1955, 2h 15m • as Dance teacher (uncredited)
An Ishiro Honda film.
Movie - 1961, 2h 15m • as Police Officer
Shipwreck survivors found on the presumably uninhabited Infant Island leads to a scientific expedition that discovers a surviving native population along with the Shobijin, tiny twin fairy priestesses of the island's mythical deity called Mothra. After the fairies are kidnapped by an exploitative businessman named Clark Nelson, Mothra sets out to rescue them.
Movie - 1963, 2h 15m • as Police Officer
The legendary empire of the lost continent of Mu reappears to threaten the world with domination. While countries unite to resist, an isolated World War II Captain has created the greatest warship ever seen, and possibly the surface world's only defense.
Movie - 1961, 2h 15m • as Tokyo Defense Command Officer
A Japanese family is torn apart by the tensions of an avoidable nuclear world war between the superpowers.
Movie - 1967, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A man is involved in a fatal car accident, and though he is blameless, his company transfers him to a remote branch in a small town. Before he leaves, he gives the man's widow a large sum of money that she uses to move back to her hometown.
Movie - 1961, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
During the raging war between the Toyotomi and Tokugawa clans, the swordsman Mohei (whose family has been completely decimated) is recruited by Toyotomi to overcome the seat of power, Osaka Castle. Mohei's daredevil skills will be put to severe tests.
Movie - 1959, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A promising post-graduate literature student is transformed into a psychotic killer following the suicide of his father and a sleazy affair by his mother with a younger man.
Movie - 1963, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
The final film by Yuzo Kawashima.
Movie - 1960, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Men are being murdered by a killer who uses a matter-transmitting device to locate his victims.
Movie - 1962, 2h 15m • as Employee C
Story of romance and rivalry between two ad agencies vying for the same account with a pharmaceutical firm.
Movie - 1958, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A Japanese artist (Ikebe), who had won the favor of the Cambodian royal family when he rescued their daughter during World War II, returns and falls for the now-grown princess, though neither realizes the other's identity.
Movie - 1959, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
When Sergeant Okubo's brother is murdered at a Japanese outpost in Northern China during the Second World War, Okubo poses as a war correspondent and seeks out his brother's killer.
Movie - 1958, 2h 15m • as Mise
In post-war Japan, The Second Drawer follows Funada, a devoted company man whose planned family trip is disrupted by the sudden death of his boss. Thrust into a delicate business negotiation and a chance encounter with a mysterious woman, he becomes entangled in a quiet storm of corporate intrigue, personal sacrifice, and emotional complexity. As relationships shift and secrets surface, Funada must navigate the fine line between duty and desire in a world where ambition and morality rarely
Movie - 1956, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
An adaptation of the popular Sazae-san comic strip. The first entry in Toho's Sazae-san series.
Movie - 1960, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A struggling salesman at World Electric finds his major deal blocked by internal politics and pressure from all sides. During a company trip to Beppu, personal entanglements and old company secrets surface, forcing difficult choices and quiet compromises.
Movie - 1967, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A nerdy young college instructor named Shinji Kikyo returns home one day to find himself the target of a mad assassin. Surviving somewhat miraculously, he fends off other assassins and with the help of reporter Keiko Tsurumaki and car mechanic Bill Otomo, eventually discovering that a "population control" association is really an assassination squad led by Shogo Mizorogi, who has been training patients of a mental asylum to become killers.
Movie - 1965, 2h 15m • as Inamoto
Charged with insubordination for punching a superior, Sergeant Kosugi is shipped to China in the last desperate days of the Second World War. His commander, Captain Sakuma, is vicious and dictatorial. Sakuma places Kosugi in charge of training for combat what once was the military band. Kosugi must somehow prepare his inept soldiers for the rigors of combat.
Movie - 1959, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Caught in a corporate power struggle, a man uses betrayal and strategy to expose corruption and settle personal scores—only to find true support where he least expects it.
Movie - 1961, 2h 15m • as Pei's Henchman
Japanese neo-noir crime drama movie directed by Jun Fukuda
Movie - 1964, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A group of friends try to find success in corporate Japan.
Movie - 1958, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A carefree student from a traditional sake shop family balances love, rebellion, and a bike race while clashing with gangsters and his old-fashioned grandfather.
Movie - 1970, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 1961, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A wandering swordsman helps a doll maker and his fiancée fight against a ruthless gang in a small town. As tensions escalate, epic duels and betrayals lead to a final showdown that shifts the balance of power. The swordsman departs, leaving a lasting impact on those he helped.
Movie - 1957, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Film about a station master's romance with a young prostitute.
Movie - 1969, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A timid salaryman is the subject of this black comedy.
Movie - 1960, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A university graduate determined to become a fishmonger defies his mother's wishes, tangles with bar hostesses and a beer company heiress, and—after misunderstandings, brawls, and a second chance—discovers that maybe the salaryman life isn’t so bad after all.
Movie - 1961, 2h 15m • as Supervisor Soga
Ayako Kurimura, a new B.G. at Nitto Electric, becomes the object of affection for both her brother's colleague Kazuo Fukami and the flirtatious executive’s son, Hiroshi Tsuzawa. As office romances and corporate ambitions collide, relationships shift: heartbreak leads to new connections, old flames reemerge, and Hiroshi is ultimately disowned. Ayako helps him reunite with former lover Yoko, sending them off to Osaka while those around her find new beginnings.
Movie - 1954, 2h 15m • as Hattori Asanosuke
Set during Japan's Bakumatsu period, the film follows Fukuzawa Yukichi, a poor samurai's son who defies societal norms to study Dutch and English. Despite facing opposition from his family and nationalist factions, he founds Keio University, becoming a key figure in Japan's modernization amid political turmoil.
Movie - 1961, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Drama about two college friends, now working for the same banking firm, torn apart by jealousy over their inequitable positions and love lives.