Shiro Tonami
Known For & Full Filmography18 Titles
Movie - 1966, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
After yakuza boss Kurata dissolves his own criminal empire, a rival kingpin offers a position to Kurata's top operative, Tetsuya "Phoenix Tetsu" Hondo. When the fiercely loyal Tetsu declines, Otsuka taps unstoppable Tatsuzo the "Viper", a ruthless gun-for-hire, to assassinate him. As the Viper trails his target through the countryside, the agile Phoenix Tetsu grows concerned that one of his former associates has betrayed him.
Movie - 1967, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
After botching his latest assignment, a third-ranked Japanese hit man becomes the target of another assassin.
Movie - 1965, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Volunteering as a "comfort woman" on the Manchurian front, where she is expected to service hundreds of soldiers, Harumi is commandeered by the brutal Lieutenant Narita but falls for the sensitive Mikami, Narita's direct subordinate. Seijun Suzuki's Story of a Prostitute is a tragic love story as well as a rule-bending take on a popular Taijiro Tamura novel, challenging military and fraternal codes of honor, as seen through Harumi's eyes.
Movie - 1962, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Joe, Okita, and Serizawa hear of the armed robbery of a truck carrying one billion eighty million yen's worth of Mint paper. Knowing that the thugs will now need a counterfeiter to make the bogus bills, they each decide to cash in on it by selling them the idea that they need Sakamoto, the best counterfeiter in Japan. A seesaw game unfolds between the three men as each tries to outdo the other two in handing over Sakamoto for one million yen to Hijikata, the big boss, who intends to make counterfeit money with the stolen paper. A little belatedly, they realize it needs their combined forces to outwit Hijikata and they raid his place together. Outnumbered, however, they are thrown into a basement room and the gas is turned on. Certain death stares them in the face, but the three men are not ones to take things lying down....
Movie - 1962, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
An unofficial sequel to Million Dollar Match (1961) which also starred Koji Wada as a young energetic boxer. This story deals more with betting action surrounding a boxing match, concentrating mostly on the high-powered Yakuza gambling dens.
Movie - 1963, 2h 15m • as Toda
Handsome young Katsuta tries to follow the yakuza code, but even his boss doesn't believe in it. Diamond Fuyu is less ethical, and allows the idiotic Tetsu to trick a schoolgirl he fancies, Hanako, into a type of bonded prostitution. Because of gang conflict, the Izu family (to whom Katsuta belongs) has their last gambling den taken over, and he seeks revenge. This brings him back into contact with a former lover who is also a card trickster - she is also Diamond Fuyu's sister, and is now married to Okaru-Hachi, who has mastered a clever card cheating trick called Okaru, which involves the deft use of mirrors.
Movie - 1965, 2h 15m • as Tomeji
After his own gang sets him up to kill a rival mobster, a hit man is forced to flee with his younger brother.
Movie - 1961, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
On summer vacation, university student Shintaro gets involved with a magic troupe as they travel from festival to festival.
Movie - 1963, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Tajima is a private detective in charge of his own company, Detective Bureau 2-3. When warring criminal gangs go overboard by robbing U.S. military munitions, Tajima steps in to stop what the cops can't.
Movie - 1962, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Koji Wada, who is good at shooting, karate, judo and boxing, has a tough fight with the sea gangsters!
Movie - 1964, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Two brothers seek revenge on the yakuza responsible for the death of their father.
Movie - 1963, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
This movie depicts the confrontation between a man entangled in a despicable trap and the shadow of murderous intent, and the efforts of a journalist chasing after the truth. Due to the passage of time since the film's release, some scenes may be marred by visual and audio distortions. We apologize for any inconvenience and appreciate your understanding.
Movie - 1963, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Ryuji Oshima, a gambler, kills Saiga in self-defense, and considering himself unfit to lead men, secludes himself in a temple to atone for his misdeeds. At home, when his mother, the boss of a construction gang, bids for and gets the job of building the Town Hall, other gangs set out to disrupt her business and try to kill her.
Movie - 1961, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A boxing melodrama. Two friends become boxers and begin training for the championship. These two boys eventually face each other in the ring.
Movie - 1964, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
In the third movie of the Gambler series, the Wandering Gambler is defeated by a cheat that he cannot expose and his dice hand is crushed. Now the gamblers pursue each other into Nagano in winter, with a detective hot on their trail.
Movie - 1962, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A high-school vigilante protects his community from the extortions of mobsters from a neighbouring city.
Movie - 1962, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
1962 Japanese movie
Movie - 1962, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A motorcycle daredevil is murdered by a gang that wants to take over the circus to become the cover for their drug operation, but his replacement (Akira Kobayashi) has other ideas.