Kinji Omino

Acting
1936-01-12
Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

Known For & Full Filmography8 Titles

#1Super Rescue Solbrain

Drama Series - 1991, 16 episodes as Yosuke Murayama

8.3 / 10
Action & Adventure

After the Winspector police team leaves Japan to fight crime in France, Chief Shunsuke Masaki realizes he must create a new police team to defend Tokyo from crime. He creates Solbrain – a high-tech special rescue force, expert in missions requiring rescue and firepower. Its leader is Daiki Nishio, a rookie detective who can use the Plus Up command in his car to transform into SolBraver. Other members are Reiko Higuchi, also able to use the Plus Up command to transform into SolJeanne, SolBraver's female counterpart; and SolDozer, a yellow bulldozer robot.

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#2Kwaidan

Movie - 1965, 2h 15m as (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

7.7 / 10
HorrorFantasyDrama

Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless samurai marries for money with tragic results. A man stranded in a blizzard is saved by Yuki the Snow Maiden, but his rescue comes at a cost. Blind musician Hoichi is forced to perform for an audience of ghosts. An author relates the story of a samurai who sees another warrior's reflection in his teacup.

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#3Suspicion

Movie - 1982, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

7.0 / 10
CrimeDramaMystery

A car going at 25 mph plunges into the sea at Shinko Harbour, Toyama prefecture. Inside is the local business magnate Fukutaro Shirakawa, who perishes. Riding alongside him and surviving unhurt is his second wife, Kumako. It soon comes to light that Kumako’s husband was insured for 300 million yen and she is arrested on suspicion of murdering her husband for the insurance money. The newspapers denounce her as an evil woman, while the public is in no doubt about Kumako’s crime. Ritsuko Sahara is chosen as her defence attorney but the pair clash over almost everything...

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#4August Without Emperor

Movie - 1978, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

7.3 / 10
DramaThriller

Taking the Chilean coup as an example, a group of young officers plan to overthrow the Japanese government on V-J Day. They aim to abolish the post-war constitution, restore the national army and revive the traditional spirit of Japan. As the conspiracy is exposed, the coup squadrons are wiped out one by one. The remaining squadron takes over a night train bound for Tokyo.

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#5Blood Type: Blue

Movie - 1978, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

6.1 / 10
Sci-FiThrillerDrama

UFOs appear on Earth, and people who actually see them suddenly find that their blood has turned blue. Soon panic and hysteria result in the new "blue-bloods" being persecuted by the rest of mankind, and eventually certain all-too-familiar measures begin to be taken against them.

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#6Illusion of Blood

Movie - 1965, 2h 15m as Okuda Shozaburo

6.4 / 10
Horror

The ghost of a samurai's wife takes revenge on her husband.

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#7Double Clutch

Movie - 1978, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

7.0 / 10
Drama

Hiromi Go plays a high school student who needs a role model in his life badly. He's raised by his older sister played by Keiko Matsuzaka who is a hostess at a night club. She meets a man who becomes her boyfriend. He races in a off-road car rally professionally. The same man becomes Go's role model and teaches him sophisticated car driving techniques. One of the techniques taught is 'double clutch' ( Thus the movie's title Double Kuracchi ) to make gear transition smoothly between shifts. Hiromi Go was a big pop idol in Japan when this movie was created. Both Go and Matsuzaka still enjoys high celebrity status in Japan.

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#8The White Rose of Hong Kong

Movie - 1965, 2h 15m as Detective Kashima

7.0 / 10
ThrillerDramaCrime

Narcotics officer Matsumoto’s investigation into a drug smuggling ring leads him from Tokyo to Hong Kong, where personal ties and painful secrets unravel a complex web of betrayal. As love, family, and justice collide, Matsumoto must face a truth too deep to escape—and a loss too great to mend.

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