Shōsaburō Aihara
Known For & Full Filmography19 Titles

Movie - 1965, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A crime film released in 1965

Movie - 1971, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Violent Gang Re-Arms is a rousing tale of friction in yakuza and labor interactions with Koji Tsuruta as a yakuza supervising a dockworker's union. He finds himself between a rock and a hard place, at odds with both the dockworkers' leader (Tomisaburo Wakayama) and sadistic, unprincipled bosses (Fumio Watanabe and Tetsuro Tamba).

Movie - 1964, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
In 1863, when American warships approach Japan, an enigmatic ronin becomes an important figure in a complex game of power between the Shogunate and the empire.

Movie - 1965, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.

Movie - 1964, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Misawa Ihei (Nagato) is traveling with his wife Tae (Iwashita Shima) who abhors the practice of sword fighting for prize money. Tae is the daughter of the clan's chief counselor who married the low-ranking Ihei to avoid becoming the clan lord's mistress. Into the mix comes Oba Gunjuro (Tetsurō Tamba), a mysterious ronin who will do anything for money. This leads to a fitting climax as the forces of hate and love converge while the couple attempt to break through the border!

Movie - 1961, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A sequel to "Vampire Dead Beauty Carving", featuring the same members from the previous work, including scriptwriter Koji Takada, director Hideaki Onishi, and cinematographer Shigehira Suzuki.

Movie - 1961, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A group of pirates led by the evil Gondaiyu and his wizard, Genkuro, capture the Golden Peacock Castle and massacre the peaceful clan that lives there. The few survivors that manage to escape plot their revenge and wait for the right timing for an attack. The struggles of the Golden Peacock Clan continue as they seek to reclaim their home and prevent the evil Gondaiyu from taking their most prized treasures.

Movie - 1961, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A young son of a master of the Kuwana clan gets disowned for his rebellious behavior. After he goes from the mountains to the ocean defeating the evil, he becomes a fine man.

Movie - 1961, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.

Movie - 1963, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.

Movie - 1969, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.

Movie - 1961, 2h 15m • as Ezoya's subordinate
Friendship between good samurais and aborigines in Hokkaido.

Movie - 1963, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A resolute young man searching for his mother, whom he was separated from as a child, defies a family who mistreat the poor and homeless.

Movie - 1967, 2h 15m • as Matsugoro Iseki
Saburo Kitajima, one of Japan’s most famous Enka singers, returns in the fifth of the Kyodai Jingi series. During the early 20th century, Ryuji from Asakusa, a wandering yakuza, joins the Narumi Family in Yokohama. However, when he confronts Shiotaro, the head of the rival family, Ryuji takes a liking to him. He ends up leaving his current family, and becomes close to Shiotaro like brothers swearing to become a full-fledged yakuza.

Movie - 1961, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A story about a tomboy, Otoshi, who is good at singing, dancing and fencing.

Movie - 1960, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
The fourth episode of the popular detective series starring Tomisaburō Wakayama. Featuring mysterious ronin, enigmatic bon vivants, and melancholic daughter geishas, as they become entangled in a series of strange deaths occurring one after another at the Furisode Mansion. With the astute reasoning and Hōzen-ryū stick technique of the puppet showman Sakichi of Kanda Otamagaike, the threads of the mystery are gradually unraveled.


