Kōji Shimizu
Know for: Acting
Born: 1944-02-11
Place of birth: Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
Also know as:
Kagemusha (1980)
Akira Kurosawa's lauded feudal epic presents the tale of a petty thief who is recruited to impersonate Shingen, an aging warlord, in order to avoid...
Am I An Actress? (1969)
This documentary follows and records interviews with an actress in an underground theater troupe and others around her
Assault Rakugaki Fools (1997)
This exciting work is full of dangerous behind the scenes stories from the sex industry.
Prisoner Maria: The Movie (1995)
Convicted of killing the drug dealer who murdered her husband, Maria is blackmailed into serving as a covert assassin. She must do the government's...
Gun Crazy: Episode 2: Beyond the Law (2002)
An idealistic young lawyer whose faith in the law is rocked when she is unable to prevent a rapist from walking free. Her disillusionment of the...
OL punisher Mae she turns into a swimsuit (1990)
An OV drama in which an office lady trio sanctions men in the company.
Marquis de Sade’s Prosperities of Vice (1988)
A decadent count in 1920′s Japan becomes obsessed with the life and works of the Marquis de Sade. He creates a theatre to show plays adapted...
Black Market Emperor: Silver and Gold 4 - Hellish Underworld Mahjong (1995)
Ginji (Kiyoshi Nakajo) was glaring at the next major organization of the political and business world with Izawa, an influential person of the...
Super Atragon (1995)
At the end of World War II, a top-secret Japanese submarine and an American submarine have a fatal encounter and both are lost. Fifty years later the...
Sound in the Mist (1956)
In the heart of the Japanese Alps, in Kamikochi, Nagano Prefecture, botany professor Kazuhiko Onuma spends time with Tsuruko, his lover. One night,...
Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. (2003)
Mothra and her fairies return to Japan to warn mankind that they must return Kiryu to the sea, for the dead must not be disturbed. However Godzilla...
Shinran: Path to Purity (1987)
In the 12th century, Buddhism was still a relatively new religion in Japan. At that time, one school (Shingon) offered extensive training in complex...
READY! LADY (1989)
Ryoko, a free-spirited 23-year-old woman, quits her job after being caught having an affair with a co-worker and finds herself on the street. She...
Master Swordsman Hirate Miki - Duel in Tone (1997)
Zoushu Hirate was the acting master of Chibashusaku Dojo in the Hokushinitto style. His wife was dead and had drunk a lot every day. For the sake of...
Dark Room (1983)
A writer haunted by the death of his wife and threatened by the imagined infidelities of his lovers uses his affairs for the subjects of his novels.
Mandala (1971)
Two university students from Kyoto decide to swap partners and spend the night in an isolated motel. However, one of the couples is attacked....
Maji! 2 (1994)
After the Nagisa clan's infighting three years earlier, the young boss, Kikuchi , who is unwilling to take over from his successor, Hirakawachi ,...
Maji! 3 (1994)
After the Kikuchigumi smash-up, Shiragane Honki (Tamotsu Ishibashi), a member of the Nagisa clan's gold batch, is recognized for his manly spirit and...
Maji! 5: Deadly Struggle (1996)
Nagisa Gumi Gold Batch Shirogane Maji (Tamotsu Ishibashi) was imprisoned in Aomori for attempted murder at the end of a war with the Shuyukai....
Maji! 6: Raging Fire (1997)
Shirogane Maji (Tamotsu Ishibashi), now the head of the Kozugumi, is summoned by Akame Shinzan, the Kozugumi's substitute lender, and is told that...
Musashi (2019)
Musashi returns Japan's legendary swordsman and philosopher to the screen once again. In an original period drama based on the historical facts of...
A College Girl's Affairs (1974)
1974 Toei movie.
Water Moon (1989)
As the monk Ryuun, whose past and origin make him prone to internal and external fits, leaves the temple towards Tokyo, he gets to catch a glimpse of...
When Twilight Draws Near (1969)
Bored by the emptiness of everyday life, four students gather to play dangerous games in an apartment.
Heavenly Sin (1992)
Elite lawyer Ryoko enlists the help of a foreign mafia in rescuing her son from a criminal who holds grudge against her.
The Paradise Garden (1991)
The story of Czech architect Jan Letzel, who designed the A-Bomb Dome in Hiroshima
In Blazing Love (1994)
An illustration of the tragic lives of geishas at a popular geisha house, Shinonomero. Shortly after being sold to a geisha house at age 5, Shizu is...
Like a Savage (1985)
Young writer Tamako, who is wrongfully accused of killing the head yakuza, must find a way out of trouble.
New Third Gangster (1996)
When Masaki find themselves at a bar owned by his friend Akemi and ponder the recent strange happenings. He later accepted a proposal from his old...
New Third Gangster II (1996)
Soma goes to Masakis allowed back to his former gang, led by Takeda who asked for his help since he had problems controlling their own men. But one...
The Tragedy of “W” (1984)
A young girl is striving for stardom. In order to get a lead role in a new production, she agrees to stand-in for a famous star whose rich patron...
Neo Chinpira: Zoom Goes the Bullet (1990)
Junko (Sho Aikawa) is a low-level yakuza in the service of Yoshikawa (Toru Minegishi), despite the misgivings of his uncle (Jo Shishido). He lives...
Neo Chinpira 2: Zoom Goes the Bullet (1991)
In the sequel to 1990's classic Neo Chinpira, Junko (Sho Aikawa) attempts to take out Kazama and then goes on the run. However, he quickly begins to...
XX: Beautiful Hunter (1994)
Shion, ruthless assassin for the Magnificat crime syndicate, is as sexy as she is deadly. But when her latest target turns out to be the man she...
Choushinsei Flashman: The Movie (1986)
The Flashman find themselves protecting a puppy targeted by Mess due to it being the weakness of a chimera Beast Warrior.
Ring (1995)
In different parts of Tokyo, four young and seemingly healthy people suddenly die of heart failure at exactly the same moment. Reporter Kazuyuki...
奥飛騨二重心中 (1985)
A man who lost his wife and a woman whose husband died have a fateful meeting in connection with a double suicide and fall madly in love.
The King of Minami Returns: A Backstreet Factory in Danger (2012)
Ginjiro meets factory owner Shirakawa, who has been given a 50-million-yen draft he has no memory of. Ginjiro hears rumors of a draft fraud ring.
The House of Hanging (1979)
This time, Kousuke investigates a murder in a hospital. The murderer leaves misleading evidence to divert Kousuke's attention on the case. Suspicion...
Love Tomato (2006)
Middle-aged farmer Noda Masao (Daichi Yasuo) is a good, honest man, but his attempts for marriage have all met with failure. Through a friend, Masao...
Hakuro no Shibijin (2004)
The wife of a famous resident of Kamakura awakens to carnal passion . . . And when her blood cools down it's because she's been murdered!
A Samurai's Sorrow (1993)
A rare grouping of the three Tamura brothers, Masakazu, Takahiro, and Ryu highlight this exciting tale of a series of attempts on the life of Shogun...
Shinjuku Boy Detectives (1998)
In the streets of ultra-modern Shinjuku, Sosuke, a young would-be detective, all of a sudden attacked by a monster robot and falls unconscious....
Stay or go? (1988)
Shohei Taguchi is a salaryman who works for a securities company and loves women like no other. One day, he plans to use the cash borrowed from the...
Samurai Cat 2: A Tropical Adventure (2015)
The Edo period. Once a famous swordsman, Kyutaro Madarame, aka “Madara the Devil,” is now a masterless samurai. When a white cat called...
Date Masamune: The One-Eyed Dragon's Love and Ambition (1995)
The live of the daimyo Date Masamune
Garden of Camellias (2021)
Kinuko was married to her husband for many years, but her husband passed away. Since then, Kinuko has lived in the same home with her granddaughter...
Sea of Wonders (1978)
A photographer is lost in a storm and washes up on an isolated island, where he meets a vampire woman and falls in love with her.
Over the Night (1998)
Actress Asada Kaori finally gets wet. A place where desire and betrayal intersect. And that's where the two meet... The Hong Kong mafia and a secret...
Super Atragon - Part I (1995)
When the Earth's polar ice caps begin melting at a terrifying pace, the United Nations sends an expeditionary force to investigate... one that is...
Super Atragon - Part II (1996)
Prepare yourself for the ultimate showdown as the Avatar's subterranean armada strikes hard in their brutal bid to destroy every human on the surface...
The Shogun's Vault IV: The Gold Mines of Sado (1983)
Account magistrate Wakisaka Bizen Mamoru asks Yoshibei, the chief priest of Iriya and Myohoji Temple to explore the Sado Gold Mine. They suspect that...
Emperor of Upheaval (1993)
The anti-gangster law has been very bad for business, but one yakuza boss is running his syndicate like a ruthless conglomerate -- and thriving.