Cast: Akira Shioji

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Akira Shioji. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


The Yakuza Papers, Vol. 3: Proxy War

1973 · Movie · 119 min. · Japan

Direction Kinji Fukasaku

Cast Bunta Sugawara · Akira Kobayashi · Tsunehiko Watase · Shingo Yamashiro

Plot Kinji Fukasaku's revered gangster series is a landmark of 1970's Japanese cinema. Set just after WWII and based on the memoirs of a real-life crime boss, these films serve to...

7.1

257 votes

7.1

257 votes

Samurai Wolf I

1966 · Movie · 75 min. · Japan

6.6

85 votes

6.6

85 votes

A Taxing Woman

1987 · Movie · 127 min. · Japan

Direction Jūzō Itami

Cast Nobuko Miyamoto · Tsutomu Yamazaki · Masahiko Tsugawa · Shinsuke Ashida

Plot Ryoko Itakura is a government tax agent who has just landed a big promotion. Her first assignment is to catch wheeler-dealer Hideki Gondo. She has a tough job, since in...

6.6

66 votes

6.6

66 votes

The Street Fighter

1974 · Movie · 91 min. · Japan

Direction Shigehiro Ozawa

Cast Sonny Chiba · Goichi Yamada · Tony Cetera · Masafumi Suzuki

Plot A mercenary kung fu fighter is hired by both Yakuza and Mafia as they plot to kidnap the daughter of an oil magnate. However, when each gang refuses to meet...

6.3

333 votes

6.3

333 votes

Samurai Wolf II

1967 · Movie · 72 min. · Japan

6.3

47 votes

6.3

47 votes

The Street Fighter's Last Revenge

1974 · Movie · 83 min. · Japan

Direction Shigehiro Ozawa

Cast Sonny Chiba · Reiko Ike · Kôji Wada · Tatsuo Endô

Plot In the third of the 'Streetfighter' adventures, action star Sonny Chiba reprises his role as James Bond-esque agent Tsurugi who this time embarks on a deadly road of revenge when...

6.0

118 votes

6.0

118 votes

Ayame kasa: kenka kaidô

1960 · Movie · 71 min. · Japan

Direction Tai Kato

Cast Ushio Akashi · Kyoko Aoyama · Kotaro Bando · Kaoru Futaba

Plot Wandering gambler movie filled with humor and compassion. An odd couple of a gangster and a masterless samurai becomes involved in a variety of events as they travel.

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Sasuke and His Comedians

1963 · Movie · 100 min. · Japan

Direction Tai Kato

Cast Kinnosuke Nakamura · Misako Watanabe · Wataru Ômae · Fujio Tokita

Plot Osaka in the early 1600s, aftermath of the historical Battle of Sekigahara; a group of orphan children are wandering through the battlefield scavenging for armour when they encounter a young...

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Biyakko no tetsu

1968 · Movie · 91 min. · Japan

Direction Kosaku Yamashita

Cast Hideo Murata · Tomisaburô Wakayama · Saburô Kitajima · Kyôsuke Machida

Plot Action film taking place in early Taisho Period (about 1910) and describing the problems facing pack-horse drivers when the railways were established.

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Yukyo-retsuden

1970 · Movie · 96 min. · Japan

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The Drifting Gambler

1970 · Movie · 100 min. · Japan

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Bakuchi-uchi: Nagurikomi

1968 · Movie · 89 min. · Japan

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Tosei-nin Retsuden

1969 · Movie · 98 min. · Japan

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Chivalrous Geisha

1969 · Movie · 99 min. · Japan

Direction Kosaku Yamashita

Cast Sumiko Fuji · Ken Takakura · Tomisaburô Wakayama · Hiroko Sakuramachi

Plot Shinji, a popular geisha, falls in love with a small coal mine owner Shimada and fights with him against a cruel rich coal mine owner Osuga, who exploits his workers....

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Asian Beat: I Love Nippon

1991 · Movie · 103 min. · Japan

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Escape Game

1976 · Movie · 93 min. · Japan

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