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Tōru Minegishi is a Actor Japonais born on 17 july 1943 at Tokyo City

Tōru Minegishi

Tōru Minegishi
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Nationality Japon
Birth 17 july 1943 at Tokyo City
Death 11 october 2008 (at 65 years)

Tōru Minegishi (峰岸徹, Minegishi Tōru, 17 July 1943 - 11 October 2008) was a Japanese actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1963 to 2008.

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Departures (2008)
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Filmography of Tōru Minegishi (15 films)

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Shinjuku Incident, 2h
Directed by Derek Yee
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime, Politic
Themes Mafia films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Yakuza films, Gangster films
Actors Naoto Takenaka, Fàn Bīngbīng (范冰冰), Daniel Wu, Masaya Katō, Carlo Chin, Jackie Chan
Roles Koichi Muranishi
Rating68% 3.446883.446883.446883.446883.44688
In the early 1990s, a tractor mechanic nicknamed Steelhead (Jackie Chan) illegally enters Japan from China in search of his fiancée, Xiu-Xiu (Xu Jinglei) with the help of his "brother" Jie (Daniel Wu). Jie has taught Steelhead how to make a living by teaching him the trades of the underworld. One day, while illegally working as part of a clean-up crew in the sewers, Steelhead and his Chinese comrades are spotted by the police. Unwilling to get caught, Steelhead and the others run for their lives. In the ensuing turn of events, Steelhead saves Detective Kitano from drowning, and in gratitude, Kitano decides to stop pursuing Steelhead.
Departures
Departures (2008)
, 2h11
Directed by Yōjirō Takita
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Seafaring films, Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Musical films
Actors Masahiro Motoki, Ryōko Hirosue, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kimiko Yo, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Tōru Minegishi
Roles Yoshiki Kobayashi
Rating79% 3.998263.998263.998263.998263.99826
Daigo Kobayashi (Masahiro Motoki) loses his job as a cellist when his orchestra is disbanded. He and his wife Mika (Ryōko Hirosue) move from Tokyo to his hometown in Yamagata, where they live in his childhood home that was left to him when his mother died two years earlier. It is fronted by a coffee shop that Daigo's father had operated before he ran off with a waitress when Daigo was six; since then the two have had no contact. Daigo feels hatred towards his father and guilt for not taking better care of his mother. He still keeps a "letter-stone"—a stone which is said to convey meaning through its texture—which his father had given him many years before.
Fudoh: The New Generation, 1h40
Directed by Takashi Miike
Origin Japon
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Yakuza films, Gangster films
Actors Shōsuke Tanihara, Riki Takeuchi, Tōru Minegishi, Mickey Curtis
Roles Iwao Fudoh
Rating69% 3.495813.495813.495813.495813.49581
Riki Fudoh's brother was killed by his father at the request of his yakuza organization. Riki does not let his father know that he saw the murder take place but instead starts an organization that takes over his high school. Riki's two personal bodyguards are a gun-toting female student and a hermaphrodite student who wields a dartgun with her vagina.
Godzilla vs. Biollante, 1h45
Directed by Kazuki Ōmori
Origin Japon
Genres Science fiction, War, Thriller, Fantasy, Action, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Dinosaur films, La fin du monde, Kaiju films, Films about magic and magicians, Seafaring films, La préhistoire, Transport films, Animaux préhistoriques, Giant monster films, Godzilla films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Disaster films
Actors Megumi Odaka, Yoshiko Tanaka, Masanobu Takashima, Toshiyuki Nagashima, Demon Kakka, Tōru Minegishi
Roles Lieutenant Goro Gondo
Rating65% 3.2617653.2617653.2617653.2617653.261765
In the aftermath of Godzilla's attack on Tokyo and his later imprisonment at Mt. Mihara. a team of scientists discovers cells left in the rubble by the monster and collects them. A group of American militants takes a sample of their own. They attempt to escape with them, but are killed by a lone assassin codenamed SSS9, who steals the sample and departs. He boards a cruise liner and heads to the Republic of Saradia to deliver the cells to the Saradia Institute of Technology and Science. The president of the institute wants to use the cells to merge with genetically modified plants, hoping to transform Saradia's deserts to vast greenery and end the country's dependence on oil wells for wealth. Dr. Genshiro Shiragami and his daughter, Erika, are enlisted to aid with the ambitious project. However, a terrorist bombing destroys the institute's laboratory, ruining the cells and killing Erika.
The Discarnates, 1h55
Directed by Nobuhiko Ōbayashi
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Actors Tsurutaro Kataoka, Ishirō Honda, Kumiko Akiyoshi, Morio Kazama, Riki Takeuchi, Toshiyuki Nagashima
Roles TV Drama Actor
Rating70% 3.5305853.5305853.5305853.5305853.530585
Harada est un scénariste dont le travail rencontre un franc succès. Son meilleur ami lui d'annonce alors qu'il a l'intention de fréquenter son ex-épouse. Harada supporte mal cette annonce. Tandis qu'il est en repérage pour l'un de ses scénario, il retourne dans sa ville natale. Il assiste à un spectacle et croise dans le public un homme qui ressemble trait pour trait à son père, décédé trente ans plus tôt dans un accident avec sa mère. Ce dernier l'invite chez lui.
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis, 2h15
Directed by Akio Jissōji
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantasy, Horror, Animation
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Shintarō Katsu, Kyūsaku Shimada, Mieko Harada, Jun'ichi Ishida, Shirō Sano, Mikijirō Hira
Roles Kudo
Rating61% 3.0511253.0511253.0511253.0511253.051125
The live-action film is an adaptation of the first 1/3rd of the original novel or the first four volumes (out of a total of 12).
His Motorbike, Her Island
Directed by Nobuhiko Ōbayashi
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Noriko Watanabe, Riki Takeuchi, Tomokazu Miura, Shigeru Izumiya, Ittoku Kishibe, Nenji Kobayashi
Roles Onozato
Rating72% 3.63823.63823.63823.63823.6382
Après une série de rencontres fortuites, Ko, passionné de moto, entame une relation amoureuse avec une fille insouciante, Miyo, après lui avoir appris à conduire. Lorsque Miyo fait ses preuves en tant que prodige du motard, Ko commence à craindre qu'elle ne soit destinée à s'écraser.
Capone Cries a Lot, 2h10
Directed by Seijun Suzuki
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action
Actors Yūko Tanaka, Kenji Sawada, Akira Emoto, Kirin Kiki, Miki Takakura, Mitsuru Hirata
Roles Boss Yoshida
Rating62% 3.1271053.1271053.1271053.1271053.127105
Umiemon (Kenichi Hagiwara) is a naniwa-bushi singer who travels with his wife to the United States in hopes of achieving fame and fortune.
Miss Lonely
Directed by Nobuhiko Ōbayashi
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Yasuko Tomita, Satomi Kobayashi, Toshinori Omi, Nenji Kobayashi, Makoto Satō, Ittoku Kishibe
Roles Kazuo's Father
Rating72% 3.6154553.6154553.6154553.6154553.615455
Hiroki, lycéen solitaire et amoureux, poursuit une fille, mais une autre apparaît mystérieusement dans sa vie. Est-elle le produit de son psychisme ou est-elle réelle ?
Third Base
Third Base (1978)

Directed by Yōichi Higashi
Genres Drama
Actors Taketoshi Naito, Toshiyuki Nagashima, Yūko Katagiri, Tōru Minegishi
Roles Yakuza
Rating69% 3.4546553.4546553.4546553.4546553.454655
Ancien joueur de base­ball, Third séjourne dans un centre de redressement pour avoir commis un meurtre.
Winter's Flower, 2h1
Directed by Yasuo Furuhata
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Yakuza films
Actors Ken Takakura, Kunie Tanaka, Kin'ya Kitaōji, Susumu Fujita, Isao Natsuyagi, Asao Koike
Rating66% 3.325873.325873.325873.325873.32587
Hideji Kanno, membre d'un clan yakuza de Yokohama sort de prison après avoir purgé une peine de quinze années d'emprisonnement pour le meurtre de Matsuoka qui avait trahi leur boss. Matuoka avait une fille de trois ans, Yōko, au moment des faits et Hideji s'est assuré par l'intermédiaire de son ami Kōkichi Minami que cette dernière ne manque de rien et suive une éducation de jeune fille normale. Yōko ignore tout de l'implication de Hideji dans la mort de son père et elle pense que son bienfaiteur est un oncle vivant à l'étranger.
Proof of the Man
Directed by Jun'ya Satō
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Yūsaku Matsuda, George Kennedy, Mariko Okada, Bunjaku Han, Joe Yamanaka, Toshiro Mifune
Rating65% 3.296313.296313.296313.296313.29631
A young black man (Joe Yamanaka) from New York receives a sum of money. He buys new clothes and takes a flight to Japan. After he arrives, he is found fatally stabbed in a lift in a Tokyo hotel at the same time as a fashion show by designer Kyōko Yasugi (Mariko Okada) is being held. The police department, including Munesue (Yūsaku Matsuda) and his partner (Hajime Hana), come to investigate. The only clue is the dying man's last words "straw hat". At the same time, a woman having an extramarital affair, Naomi (Bunjaku Han), is accidentally run over by Yasugi's son (Kōichi Iwaki). He and his girlfriend dump her body in the sea, but drops his watch at the scene. He is haunted by his actions and confesses to his mother, Kyōko, who suggests he flees to New York with his girlfriend.
The Last Samurai, 2h39
Directed by Kenji Misumi
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Action
Actors Ken Ogata, Hideki Takahashi, Keiko Matsuzaka, Kiwako Taichi, Takahiro Tamura, Tōru Minegishi
Rating73% 3.6804353.6804353.6804353.6804353.680435
Japon, 1860. Sugi, un jeune samouraï a trouvé un nouveau père en la personne d'Ikemoto auprès duquel il a appris l'art du sabre. Ikemoto, espion à la solde du shogun Tokugawa et sentant la fin proche du monde des samouraïs, conjure Sugi de se tenir à l'écart des luttes politiques et des conflits violents qui déchirent le pays entre partisans du shogun, partisans de l'empereur et influence des occidentaux. Mais le tourbillon des événements semble vouloir tout emporter avec lui...