Cast: Eiji Funakoshi

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


Nobi (Fires on the Plain)

1959 · Movie · 108 min. · Japan

Direction Kon Ichikawa

Cast Eiji Funakoshi · Osamu Takizawa · Mickey Curtis · Mantarô Ushio

Synopsis It is the Philipines, 1945. The Japanese Imperial Army has been reduced to a ragtag mob hiding in the jungles. Among them is Pvt. Tamura. The situation goes from bad to worse and in the face of the brutal conditions...

7.5

618 votes

7.5

618 votes

Older Brother, Younger Sister

1953 · Movie · 86 min. · Japan

Direction Mikio Naruse

Cast Machiko Kyô · Masayuki Mori · Yoshiko Kuga · Yuji Hori

Synopsis In a village not far from Tokyo, Akaza and his wife Riki worry about their childrens' future. The eldest, Inokichi, is a gambler and a womaniser. The elder of the two sisters, Mon, has gone to Tokyo, and the parents...

7.4

139 votes

7.4

139 votes

Blind Beast

1969 · Movie · 86 min. · Japan

Direction Yasuzô Masumura

Cast Eiji Funakoshi · Mako Midori · Noriko Sengoku

Synopsis A blind sculpter and his mother kidnap a young model.

6.9

645 votes

6.9

645 votes

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The Outcast

1962 · Movie · 119 min. · Japan

6.8

33 votes

6.8

33 votes

All Mixed Up

1964 · Movie · 91 min. · Japan

Direction Yasuzô Masumura

Cast Ayako Wakao · Kyôko Kishida · Yusuke Kawazu · Eiji Funakoshi

Synopsis A childless housewife falls in love with a beautiful model.

6.8

186 votes

6.8

186 votes

The Graceful Brute (Elegant Beast)

1962 · Movie · 96 min. · Japan

Direction Yûzô Kawashima

Cast Ayako Wakao · Eiji Funakoshi · Yuko Hamada · Yûnosuke Itô

Synopsis The original story of amazingly greedy people with cheat, embezzle and corruption. It's all set in this little apartment of the Maeda family. The son's taking money from the talent agency that he's working for. But the money's somehow missing....

6.8

32 votes

6.8

32 votes

Warm Current

1957 · Movie · 94 min. · Japan

Direction Yasuzô Masumura

Cast Jun Negami · Sachiko Hidari · Hitomi Nozoe · Eiji Funakoshi

Synopsis A young doctor, who runs a small hospital, has to choose between two women: a dedicated nurse or a spoiled rich girl.

6.7

35 votes

6.7

35 votes

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The Black Test Car

1962 · Movie · 95 min. · Japan

Direction Yasuzô Masumura

Cast Jiro Tamiya · Junko Kano · Eiji Funakoshi · Hideo Takamatsu

Synopsis This film noir from Japan is quite an interesting little genre movie. Shot beautifully in black and white, the film is concerned with the moral decrepitude that results from corporate warfare. There is a sordid edge to this film that...

6.7

64 votes

6.7

64 votes

An Actor's Revenge (Yukinojo's Revenge)

1963 · Movie · 113 min. · Japan

Direction Kon Ichikawa

Cast Kazuo Hasegawa · Fujiko Yamamoto · Ayako Wakao · Eiji Funakoshi

Synopsis In 1836, in Tokugawa Japan, Yukinojo (Kazuo Hasegawa), a Kabuki actor specializing in female roles, arrives with his troupe in Edo. There he sets in motion a complex plot designed first to ruin and then to kill three men who...

6.6

196 votes

6.6

196 votes

A Lustful Man

1961 · Movie · 92 min. · Japan

Direction Yasuzô Masumura

Cast Raizô Ichikawa · Ayako Wakao · Tamao Nakamura · Saburo Date

Synopsis Fascinated with women from an early age, Yonosuke (Ichikawa Raizo) had his first sexual encounter at the age of seven. From that day on, he recklessly and forwardly pursues women, feeding his fascination and experience. As Yonosuke's salacious behavior brings...

6.4

48 votes

6.4

48 votes

6.2

115 votes

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Gamera - The Giant Monster

1965 · Movie · 80 min. · Japan

Direction Noriaki Yuasa

Cast Eiji Funakoshi · Harumi Kiritachi · Junichirô Yamashiko · Yoshiro Uchida

Synopsis A nuclear explosion in the far north unleashes Gamera, the legendary flying turtle, from his sleep under the ice. In his search for energy, Gamera wreaks havoc over the entire world, and it's up to the scientists, assisted by a...

5.4

113 votes

5.4

113 votes

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Being Two Isn't Easy

1962 · Movie · 88 min. · Japan

Direction Kon Ichikawa

Cast Hiro Suzuki · Eiji Funakoshi · Fujiko Yamamoto · Kumeko Urabe

Synopsis The trials, tribulations, and joys of raising a child. The film follows the everyday events of a family with one boy, coming up to his second birthday, interspersed with occasional thoughts of the child. They initially live in an apartment...

Not rated

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The Money Dance

1963 · Movie · 90 min. · Japan

Not rated

Not rated

Jôen

1959 · Movie · 115 min. · Japan

Not rated

Not rated

Râmen taishi

1967 · Movie · 84 min. · Japan

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Not rated

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