Matasaburô Niwa
Know for: Acting
Born: 1934-08-20
Place of birth:
Also know as:
Teppo Yasu no Shogai (1962)
1962 Japanese movie
Third Generation's Loyalty Offering (1962)
1962 Japanese movie. Remake of Mori's 1942 original movie
Her Hidden Past (1962)
Adaptation of a famous Kyouka Izumi novel. Set in the early 1900's, it tells the story of the impossible love between a young scholar a beautiful...
Zatoichi on the Road (1963)
Zatoichi is sworn to protect the life of a young girl and without any real allies finds himself in the middle of a bloody turf war.
Straw hat of Itako (1961)
A film about young wandering Yakuza. Yukio Hashi's first film role.
The Casebooks of Zenigata Heiji: The Beautiful Shark (1961)
The hairpin murdered a young girl. Detective Zenigata Heiji begin to investigate. Suddenly a murder case turns into a case of smuggling.
Satan's Sword III: The Final Chapter (1961)
Disguised as a beggar monk, Ryunosuke is harassed along the road by the rowdy members of a country dojo or fencing school malingering outside their...
Tabiwa Oiroke (1961)
Will the assassin take my life or will a beautiful woman take my chastity? Or will a beautiful woman take your chastity? On the Tokaido Highway of...
Buddha (1961)
An Indian prince leaves his world of comfort and riches behind to wander and meditate for six years in search of spiritual enlightenment. Siddartha...
The Domain: Kanto Legends of Chivalry (1965)
Third part of Nihon Kyokakuden series is set in Kanto in 1924. Ken Takakura playing a ship's mate befriending fish shop owners harassed by yakuza.
Penitentiary Brothers (1969)
Authentic action drama of modern gangsters.
Destiny's Son (1962)
In Edo-period Japan, Shingo is born the son of an assassin who was executed for murdering her lord’s concubine. Decades later, his adoptive...
Sleepy Eyes of Death 2: Sword of Adventure (1964)
Wandering samurai Nemuri Kyoshiro (Raizô Ichikawa) finds a bulls-eye on his back after befriending the shogunate's tightfisted financial...
Shinsengumi Chronicles (1963)
As winds of change sweep Japan, an honest man joins the Shinsengumi out of admiration for its leader, and because he wants to live and die as a...
The Blind Menace (1960)
This is the story of a blind masseur who tricks people, steals, and kills; he is the anti-Zatoichi
Bronze Magician (1963)
Yoso is truly a lost classic, set in the Nara Era (710-794), from Kinugasa Teinosuke the same writer/director who gave us the recognized classic Gate...
Crimson Bat - Oichi: Wanted, Dead or Alive (1970)
Oichi the Blind helps a woman escape the clutches of a high government official to go off with the man she loves. The official puts a reward on her...
The Old Temple Well (1961)
Features a haunted well with yet another blind masseur's vengeful ghost.
Wandering Ginza Butterfly (1972)
Gang leader Nami (cult film legend Meiko Kaji) kills a member of a yakuza group and goes away to prison. Upon her release three years later,...
Samurai Save The Virgin (1960)
A gripping historical drama full of suspense and a mysterious bewitching mood. A puzzle of a turbulent era in which various characters fall into a...
Koga's Messenger (1960)
The mysterious Koga Ninja crushes the villains who are trying to take over the inheritance of the Omi castle owner using various means! A sword and...
Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold (1964)
Ichi travels to the village of Itakura to pay his respects at the grave of Kichizo, a man he killed two years ago. When some tax money is stolen...