Shuhei Yamada

Acting

Known For & Full Filmography26 Titles

#1Shippu no Seitarou

Movie - 1955, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

8.8 / 10
HistoryDrama

A historical drama directed by Yukiya Sato, and co-written by Rokuhei Susukita and Jiro Okuzawa. Seitarou, who travels from trip to trip, was asked by Fujisuke, who was killed in a mess at the Shinshu Oil Shop's gambling house, to deliver his child Shinkichi to his mother Megumi in the old Iwanjoya in Shiojiri, Shinshu. Megumi was crying day and night, worrying for her child. Masagoro, the boss of the land who had been aiming for the replacement of Iwanjoya, forced Megumi to marry his son Hyokichi. On the way, Seitarou and Shinkichi helped Rohno, who was looking for his fiancee....

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#2Man Who Causes a Storm

Movie - 1957, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

6.8 / 10
Drama

Shoichi Kokubun is a roughneck street musician, who has a brother that is determined to propel him into stardom. In attempt to catch the attention of a popular jazz band, his brother appeals to their manager who has the power to make him a star. In a graphic portrayal of love, betrayal and success, Shoichi brews up a storm with a 'rat-a-tat-tat' on the drums.

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#3Quick Change Tanuki Palace

Movie - 1954, 2h 15m as Romanov's bodyguard

7.0 / 10

This is a paradise of dream and illusion, a country of Raccoon Dogs. The Bat Tribe lives in a neighboring country took a young prince of Raccoon Dogs as a hostage, and try to take a Buddhist saint from the temple by force.

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#4東京シンデレラ娘

Movie - 1954, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

8.0 / 10
Music

An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.

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#5Tōkyō sanosa musume

Movie - 1962, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

8.8 / 10

1962 Japanese movie

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#6Cheers to the Jazz Girl

Movie - 1955, 2h 15m as Shiraishi

8.8 / 10
DramaMusic

An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.

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#7His Highness Surabaya

Movie - 1955, 2h 15m as Prematurely gray-haired man

8.8 / 10
Comedy

Hisaya Morishige is Kyutaro, a nuclear physicist and his twin brother, Eiji, a con man. Eiji finally hits on his most elaborate scheme yet, to pretend to be a king of a remote, undiscovered island, and becomes a media sensation.

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#8Onna yajikita-tatchi ryokō

Movie - 1963, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

8.8 / 10

1963 Japanese movie

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#9Denshichi Torimonocho:  The Curse of the Silver Snake

Movie - 1957, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

7.0 / 10
MysteryHorror

Kofu duty guard Yamauchi Hinata-kami cultivated illegal drugs and had them sold through Omiya, a drug wholesaler in Edo Muromachi. One day, a strange spell descends on Omiya, killing his wife Osetsu, and then his second daughter Okyo as well. After that, there was a rumor that a ghost playing a flute appeared in the town of Edo. Sanshiro Tachibana, a member of the Kitamachi Magistrate Doshin, asked Denshichi to investigate these incident.

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#10おれん情欲絵巻 必殺女斬り

Movie - 1969, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

8.8 / 10

Directed by Seiichi Fukuda

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#11The Bride and the Treasure

Movie - 1956, 2h 15m as 嘉六

8.8 / 10

Den Shichi of Kurodomon-chō, the best detective in Edo, captured members of a thief gang called "Kitsutsuki," but let three, including the rōnin Daikoku Yajūrō, Tengai Omachi, and Kasumi no Seiji, escape. Among the captured who were exiled, Genta and Kakuroku broke out and returned to Edo to reorganize the Kitsutsuki gang, starting to wreak havoc in the city. Due to the brutal methods used, Den Shichi suspected Yajūrō and Omachi had rejoined the gang. One day, a child who saw a hairdresser resembling Den Shichi, named Kiyoshi, reported to him. Kiyoshi, trusted by the moneychanger Yamano-ya, frequented by Den Shichi's wife Oshun, was rumored to be in love with Yamano-ya's daughter Oiku. In fact, Kiyoshi was Kasumi no Seiji, now living an honest life.

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#12花笠太鼓

Movie - 1956, 2h 15m as 南蛮吉

8.8 / 10

In early summer in Edo, Sanshirō, known for his beautiful singing, is a devoted son living in a tenement with his blind mother Okura. He works as a delivery boy for the caterer "Yaoyorozu." His brother, Chōjirō, who disliked being a plasterer, ran away from home and became a subordinate of the yakuza Yamashita no Gonsuke. On a delivery, Sanshirō catches a vagrant child, Erippē, stealing a flower hairpin from Ochiyo, the daughter of the wealthy merchant Narumiyaya Bunzaimon. Impressed by Sanshirō's character, Bunzaimon considers him as a potential son-in-law for Ochiyo, who admires Sanshirō.

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#13恋と出世に強くなれ!

Movie - 1963, 2h 15m as 島崎課員

8.8 / 10

An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.

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#14お役者小僧 江戸千両幟

Movie - 1955, 2h 15m as 弟子

8.8 / 10

Okazaki Domain samurai Inaba Gotaro accidentally killed a superior while trying to save his beloved geisha, Ko-en. On the run, they were rescued by the actor Nakamura Utaemon, but Ko-en was taken by the Hatamoto, Ono Issai. Gotaro, who fell off a cliff, was saved by the Dutch-trained doctor, Shibarai Ryokai, and his daughter Oume. While traveling to Edo, they met Utaemon in Mishima, who was suffering from a serious eye disease. Ryokai’s treatment saved Utaemon from blindness, and a strong friendship was formed among the three.

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#15続二等兵物語 南方孤島の巻

Movie - 1956, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

8.8 / 10
Comedy

Second sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".

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#16Denshichi Torimonocho: Female Fox Palanquin

Movie - 1956, 2h 15m as せむしの甚三

8.8 / 10

One night in Edo, a mysterious woman in a palanquin appeared at the moneylender Yamashiroya, revealing herself to a beautiful woman. She told the owner, Shigebē, that she had come to collect a life he owed from twenty years ago and then left. The same night, Maruiya Genbē also received a visit from the woman's palanquin, and nearby, a man named Manbē was murdered. The detective Hayanawa Gohē concluded the murder was the work of a fox spirit, but another detective, Den Shichi, skeptical of this theory, noticed footprints on the tatami and decided to investigate further.

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#17Namida no hanamichi

Movie - 1956, 2h 15m as 雲助一

8.8 / 10

Nakamura Yukinojō, Edo's most popular actor, discovered that his parent's enemy, Ohara Genba, had changed his name to Isshiki Kurōnosuke and become a hatamoto, a direct retainer of the shogun. Yukinojō's younger brother, Shingorō, traveling to Edo from their hometown, helped the town boy Kiyohē and his daughter Michi from troublemakers led by Kumosuke. This act led to a reunion with Yukinojō through the assistance of their associate, Daisaburō.

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#18大江戸出世双六

Movie - 1955, 2h 15m as 笹尾喜内

8.8 / 10

Isshin Tasuke, a friend of Ōkubo Hikozōemon, the esteemed public arbitrator of the realm, saved the maid Onatsu from punishment after she accidentally broke a plate gifted by Lord Ieyasu. Tired of the strict samurai service, Tasuke moved to the Genbei tenements and opened a fish shop. This tenement housed various characters, including the landlord's daughter Osen who had a crush on Tasuke, the midwife Okan, the blind masseur Oyone and her husband, the carpenter-loving couple Yoshigorō and Ohama, the rōnin Takeuchi Yogoemon, and the siblings Ochika and Shin'nosuke who cared for their sick mother.

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#19The Shop Curtain

Movie - 1958, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

8.0 / 10

The lives of a family of kelp (kombu) merchants in Osaka across three generations, spanning from the Meiji era through the aftermath of World War II.

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#20Friendship of Jazz

Movie - 1959, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

10.0 / 10

Kenichi, who lives like a stray dog among fellow gangsters, finds his love for the first time while the police are trying to catch him on suspicion of murder.

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#21Fangs of Night

Movie - 1958, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

5.0 / 10

A young doctor discovers that the city hall of records has a record of his death. He and some friends try to seek out the person who reported it, and uncover a shady group of criminals with a sinister plot.

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#22Shirai Gonpachi

Movie - 1956, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

8.8 / 10
Drama

The film adaptation of the famous tragic love story of the young samurai Shirai Gonpachi and the beautiful courtesan Komurasaki.

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#23Utau yajikita kogane dōchū

Movie - 1957, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

8.8 / 10

1957 Japanese movie

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#24Denshichi Torimonocho: Tattoo Woman Trouble

Movie - 1954, 2h 15m as 三太

8.8 / 10

During the era of Tokugawa Ieyasu, one night a carver named Fujijiro was murdered. Immediately launching an investigation, Denhichi, accompanied by Otoshi and Take, toured the entertainment houses of Ryogoku. There, they discovered a connection between an acrobat and the incident. On their way home, Otoshi unexpectedly encountered an old friend, Inosuke, nervously buying a dagger. Inosuke, a clerk at the Kashimaya store, was in love with Oko, a secret lover of Bunzaemon. Amidst this, Seihei, the head clerk, was murdered by someone, and a dagger belonging to Inosuke was found at the scene, leading Gohei to suspect Inosuke as the culprit. However, Otoshi was hiding Inosuke. Driven by Otoshi's plea and a professional instinct that Inosuke wasn't the perpetrator, Denhichi desperately searched for the real culprit.

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#25Story of Second Class Private, Sequel

Movie - 1956, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

8.8 / 10
Comedy

First sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".

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#26Denshichi Torimonocho: Senryo Human Skin

Movie - 1954, 2h 15m as 三下の紋吉

8.8 / 10

In the era of the twelfth Shogun, Tokugawa Ieyoshi, a notorious bandit known as "Shippu" (or "Swift Wind") emerged in Edo. Shippu would send a warning message called the "Thief's Summons" before striking, yet despite the magistrate's desperate search efforts, they couldn't find any leads. One day, a summons was shot into the residence of Ono Ryusai, who was leading a peaceful retirement life with his two concubines, O-Ran and O-Koshi. With the summons, various individuals including O-Ran's brother Itami Shigoshiro, the master of the Muso-ryu dojo, vigilante Mankichiro, rope expert Gohei, and Den'ichi from Kuromon Town were assigned to monitor the situation. However, while they were distracted by a neighboring fire, a chest containing a thousand ryo was stolen, and O-Koshi was killed.

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