
Ya'ackov Banai
Known For & Full Filmography13 Titles

Movie - 1976, 2h 15m • as Arab (uncredited)
Immediately after their miscarriage, the US diplomat Robert Thorn adopts the newborn Damien without the knowledge of his wife. Yet what he doesn’t know is that their new son is the son of the devil.

Movie - 1991, 2h 15m • as Aga Hakim
An American woman, trapped in Islamic Iran by her brutish husband, must find a way to escape with her daughter as well.

Movie - 1969, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A confrontation between two enemies. One is a young, captured Israeli agent and the other an older Arab inspector who tries to get the agent talk by making him regain his desire to live.

Movie - 1973, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A popular wise man/folk healer is anxious to marry off his daughter, but she refuses all his suggested suitors.

Movie - 1970, 2h 15m • as Sanchee (uncredited)
A nun, the only survivor of an Indian massacre of a wagon train, is taken in by a cantankerous old gunfighter.

Movie - 2024, 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
Sallah Shabati, the patriarch of a big family recently arrived to Israel from Yemen, tries to make money and get better housing, in a country that can barely provide for its own and is in the midst of absorbing hundreds of thousands of Jewish refugees from Arab countries.

Movie - 1964, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A charming film about a group of children on a kibbutz in Israel who foil a plot by spies to blow up a Mirage jet during a military parade.

Movie - 1971, 2h 15m • as Uncle Messiah
Azulai is a policeman in Jaffa, whose incompetence is only matched by his soft-heartedness. His superiors want to send him to early retirement, but he would like to stay on the force, and the criminals of Jaffa don't want to see him leave either...

Movie - 1976, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
The vegetables seller from the market falls in love with the university student.

Movie - 1976, 2h 15m • as Yacov Banai
Terrorist Palestine organization hijacks a jet.

Movie - 1984, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A movie about a last summer in the life of four friends just before they go to the army during early 1980's Tel-Aviv summer before the war in Lebanon.

Movie - 1982, 2h 15m • as Rabbi
In a rendition of a father-daughter conflict based on misunderstandings, this melodrama focuses on Annette (Nurit Cohen) who has left home for the city where she is unexpectedly offered a leading role in a movie. She is excited as she returns home to tell her news to her father (Zeev Revach) -- a truly conservative shopkeeper -- but she is equally anxiety-ridden about his likely reaction.