Eijirō Sekine

Acting

Known For & Full Filmography30 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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#2Flowers on the Road

Movie - 1961, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

5.0 / 10
Comedy

Yae and Kiku, daughters of drapers in Edo, must travel to Kyoto in place of their sickly fathers to attend to some businesses affairs. On their way to Kyoto, the two ladies are ambushed by a group of bandits. However a good Samaritan named Santaro comes to their rescue. Santaro is aiding a young samurai named Sanshiro who is on an official mission to deliver a message to a noble in Kyoto. When Yae and Kiku discover that a gang of assassins is after Sanshiro, they decide to help Sanshiro to complete his mission.

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#3The Ninja Hunt

Movie - 1964, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

7.5 / 10
Action

Four ninja are hired to fight against the Shogunate’s plot to abolish the Gamo Clan, the regional barons struggling to reinstate their young heir Tanemaru as their Lord.

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#4Lord of Red Banner

Movie - 1960, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

8.8 / 10

A young lord lives against the will of his father Lord Tokugawa.

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#5Ishimatsu: the One-Eyed Avenger

Movie - 1960, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

7.5 / 10
ActionComedy

Some of the finest jidai-geki actors appear in this exciting and entertaining tale of intrigue and action in old Japan. Teaming up the ever-popular Misora Hibari with the greatest samurai action hero of all-time Wakayama Tomisaburo is a brilliant stoke of casting. Hibari takes on the role of Mori no Ishimatsu, a young man who gets involved with real-life Yakuza legend, Shimizu no Jirocho, 'Boss of the Tokaido'. Ishimatsu manages to interfere with a dispute between the Shimizu and their competition, the Marugame family, even going so far as to become an avenger's assistant. It's not the first time Hibari has played a man in a film (also in Benten Kozo), and her acting skills are at their best as she mixes in a bit of humor along with excellent swordplay. Wakayama Tomisaburo, as always, gives an outstanding performance as the powerful and beloved Yakuza Boss Jirocho.

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#6Big Time Gambling Boss

Movie - 1968, 2h 15m as Seinosuke Takaeshita

7.3 / 10
DramaCrimeThriller

Tokyo, 1934. The boss of the clan that controls gambling agonizes and some of his followers propose to Nakai to take his place, but he refuses the offer.

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#7Eight Views of Samurai

Movie - 1958, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

6.0 / 10
DramaHistory

Bright samurai movie innovatively adapted from a classic story. A traveling masterless samurai is asked by a daughter of an established samurai family to pretend they are a married couple, and gets involved in the troubles of the samurai clan.

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#8A History of the Japanese Underworld

Movie - 1968, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

9.0 / 10
ThrillerCrime

The hero tries to unite various gangs.

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#9Lord of Steel Heart

Movie - 1961, 2h 15m as Kuroemon

7.8 / 10

A Tokugawa Daimyo rebels against an his lord after the battle of Sekigahara. Samurai Matabei, a famous spear fighter and warrior, is a vassal of lord Honjo. One of Honjo's most trusted under-lords is Sanzaemon. He has designs on Matabei's fief, and he plots to kill Matabei. He finally convinces Lord Honjo of Matabei's guilt. Now Matabei must fight to survive.

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#10Shadow Over Fuji

Movie - 1957, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

8.0 / 10
DramaHistory

The year is 1805. Napoleon ruled Europe. Ienari is the 11th Tokugawa Shogun. An incident, which was an open official secret, took place on the foothills of Mt. Fuji. Fearing attacks from within and without, the Shogunate planned to build a training castle utilizing the most advanced techniques. Two master castle architects, Sato Kikutaro and Kumai Hakuten, were selected to compete for the honor of building this castle. Lord Mizuno Dewa has even ordered the townspeople to assist both sides with their land surveys and preparations. This leads to fear on the part of farmers that their land will be taken away from them, and sets off a series of events which rock the nation to its very roots. With an all-star cast, this is an important story with relevance to current times. One of Ichikawa Utaemon's finest performances, a true classic!

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#11The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang

Movie - 1972, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

6.8 / 10
ActionCrimeDrama

The Ni Family is the most well know and respected group of firefighters in the Kanto region. When their leader dies and the successor disappears, Tsuruji, a beautiful yet tough geisha, becomes the boss. But will she be able to confront a yakuza gang trying to take over the area?

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#12Kisaragi Sword

Movie - 1962, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

5.5 / 10
Action

The story concerns the efforts of seven master swordsman who join together to protect the new inexperienced Shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune from the evil plans of the Owari Clan's corrupt Lord. It's a colorful bunch, a drunk samurai, a master thief, a sword instructor and a Lord who is disguised as a ronin since it is an executable offense for a lord to wander outside of their domain without permission. As the Chief Magistrate becomes suspicious of the Owari plot to send men to Kodenmacho Prison to start a riot he begins to investigate the rumors. He soon calls upon the Lord of Mikazuki Castle and the Shogun's best friend to help thwart the evil ambitions and battle the rouge swordsman hired by the Owari Clan.

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#13Scoundrel

Movie - 1968, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

7.0 / 10
CrimeDrama

Shimamura is a violent street thug who joins the yakuza & is merciless & unscrupulous on his rise, lacking any sense of either duty or chivalry. When imprisoned, he is repeatedly transferred from one prison to another, because no one can handle him.

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#14The Cave of the Vampire Bats

Movie - 1961, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

6.0 / 10
MysteryActionDrama

A maiden is murdered by a mysterious ninja, unfortunately two young ladies witness this, good thing the bored Lord is walking by, he saved the girls but was too late to save the maiden, quickly he finds himself mixed up in a mystery of murdered maidens, an unknown ninja clan, attempted assassinations towards himself and a cursed vampire bat cave, can the bored Lord solve this puzzle before maidens lose their lives?

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#15Street of Wandering Men

Movie - 1963, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

8.0 / 10
ActionDrama

When a group of men from the Hanya clan search his town for a missing geisha, a brave ronin decides to help her and a drunken calligrapher. In doing so, he uncovers a wider scheme.

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#16Magistrate of Dice

Movie - 1961, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

9.0 / 10
ActionDrama

Based on the exploits of real-life historical character Magistrate Toyama no Kinsan, this exciting tale brings the “Demon Magistrate” as he is called to the aid of a beautiful young woman who asks to be abducted on the eve of her wedding so that she would not have to marry a country bumpkin. Instead she plans to go to Edo, where life can be cheap and common criminals run rampant. Can Magistrate Toyama, a gambler himself, see through the plot and keep her safe from harm. Don’t miss this spectacular showpiece of samurai era action led by superstar Kataoka Chiezo in one of his signature roles. When he bares his tattooed right shoulder, all hell breaks loose!

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#17The Man

Movie - 1971, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

7.0 / 10
ActionDrama

Japanese movie.

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#18The Yagyu Military Art: Yagyu List

Movie - 1963, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

5.0 / 10

When the country is in peril, Lord Yagyu Tajima summons his son Yagyu Jubei to retrieve the mystical Yagyu Scroll in order to save all of Japan. This time, Jubei must stop the evil plot of Lord Hayato-no-sho, who secretly plans on overthrowing the Shogunate. This is the most exciting film in the long-running series about one of the greatest swordsmen in Japanese history. Konoe Jushiro gives one of his finest performances in this classic tale.

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#19The Mysterious Cape

Movie - 1963, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

6.0 / 10
ActionDrama

Ryujin Misaki, located at the edge of the Genkai Sea, is known as an isolation ward for leprosy patients. When Saotome, a sword master and guard of the Shogun, hears news of a doctor gone missing, he begins to suspect that things are not what they seem at Ryujin Misaki. Intent on discovering the truth, Saotome launches a private investigation.

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#20Heavenly Dragon

Movie - 1960, 2h 15m as Bunji Hashimotoya

6.0 / 10

From the opening theme song to the grand finale, you know that you have found something special as this exciting movie stars the great Misora Hibari in one of her most memorable performances as she plays Shintaro and Oharu, a brother and sister, the children of a lumber dealer who had been murdered by the evil boss Kumagoro who plots to take over Shintaro's family business with the help of a corrupt deputy who has fooled the family into believing that he is on their side.

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#21Queen of the Treasure Island

Movie - 1960, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

7.0 / 10
DramaHistory

At a tavern in Shimoda, Ronin Tadakazu Yamakawa saved a samurai girl named Mino from the clutches of the Benten family. When Mino's father, Kyohei Tsuchihashi, is murdered by unknown assailants, Tadakazu is summoned to Akane-ya, the landlord of this area. He promises to ensure the safety of Mino for three days, during which the Benten family must not harm her...

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#22Bull's Eye of Love

Movie - 1958, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

6.6 / 10
ComedyAction

Young Lord Genjiro, who abandoned his castle to live as a commoner in Edo, returns home to restore peace amidst disruption over an inheritance dispute. Warned by a fortune-teller that he would die by the sword, the young lord must courageously battle 30 or 40 men who attack without warning. Meanwhile, his love affair with Kocho, a singer who is also a skilled archer.

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#23The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku

Movie - 1961, 2h 15m as Samurai

8.8 / 10
Drama

A story of an orphan boy who wanted the love of parents so badly, another orphan sincerely pitied him to the point he gives his secret birthright as an illegitimate son to a Shogun as a "gift of hope" to the sad boy. As the orphan boy grew up, his loving heart became bitter and he saw the opportunity to take advantage of this birthright with the help of a man who wanted to use this orphan's desire to be loved, for seizing power in the shogunate by using the imposter. Many obstacles to hurdle along the way of deception, however, will they succeed or will he be exposed?

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#24Edo Ninja Scroll: Seven Shadows

Movie - 1963, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

8.8 / 10
DramaHistory

During the reign of Shogun Tsunayoshi, seven ninja of the Koga clan secretly plot against the illegitimate son of the former shogun.

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#25Bored Hatamoto: The Daimonji Conspiracy

Movie - 1959, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

6.0 / 10
Drama

Master swordsman and loyal vassal Saotome Mondonosuke goes on a mission to find a missing princess.

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#26The Swordsman In The Golden Valley

Movie - 1960, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

8.0 / 10

Jidaigeki film from 1960

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#27Kirimaru Kirigakure

Movie - 1961, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

7.0 / 10
DramaActionHistory

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

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#28Kanto Street Peddlers: Violent Fire Festival

Movie - 1971, 2h 15m as Torao Sasaki

8.8 / 10
ActionDramaCrime

The fourth film in the Kanto Street Peddlers series. The protagonist, played by Bunta Sugawara sides with female boss Yumiko Nogawa to fight evil Hiroshi Nawa, who at one point employs rebellious young hood Tsunehiko Watase and Kagawa. Tatsuo Umemiya also shows up as a cool, leather jacket gunman who gains Sugawara’s respect despite playing for the opposing team. What eventually keeps this film from being as good as the first is the loose script that doesn’t really tie all the fun stuff into a coherent package. Much is forgiven however when the last 20 minutes arrives with several visually striking set pieces (including one death scene stylized to the point of ridiculousness) and a terrific final massacre. This was Suzuki’s last contribution to the series; the fifth and final picture would be helmed by Takashi Harada.

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#29Waka zakura kenka matoi

Movie - 1962, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

8.8 / 10

1962 Japanese movie

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#30Naruto hijō kanketsu-hen

Movie - 1961, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

8.8 / 10

1961 Japanese movie

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